Amy Omar is a Turkish-American filmmaker currently based in Rome, Italy. Amy is particularly interested in female character driven narratives around Middle Eastern / Muslim characters and themes of cultural isolation, superstitions and religion.
Amy is a recipient of Wavelength Productions' WAVE (Women At the Very Edge) Grant for BIPOC, first time female filmmakers and wrote and directed her first short film, Breaking Fast with a Coca-Cola which premiered at SXSW in 2023. Amy’s second short film, Ayşegül on Tuesdays, was a top three finalist for the Tony Cox Short Screenplay Award at the 2023 Nantucket Film Festival. Her third short film, Gedu's Gift, is a part of an anthology called Ramadan America which premiered at SXSW 2024 and will be available for streaming later this year.
In August 2024, Amy directed the pilot episode for the Film Independent Episodic Lab supported scripted T.V. series, The Feather Detective, produced by Talon Entertainment (Oh Canada, Mack & Rita, Bookworm).
