Amy Geist

Biography:

Amy Geist is a producer, director, writer, and founder of Beloved Root. Hailing from Ohio, she made a five-year pit-stop in Chicago before landing in Los Angeles. She collaborates with emerging filmmakers and nurtures relationships with vendors, clients, and crew, hammering out budgets, scripts, decks, and mood boards. She has worked in almost every department, always striving to be a well-rounded ally. She started in Los Angeles as a freelance Producer and Production Manager at The Woo Agency, working with such clients as Lenovo (*Telly Award Winning), Disney, Sebastian, Motorola, Marvel, Milani, Bosch, Braun, and Delonghi. Her feature film and television work include Blade Runner 2049 (Alcon Entertainment *Academy Award Winning), Little (Universal), The Exorcist (Fox), Alex Inc (ABC), and most recently, Trees of Peace (Abstract Entertainment). In 2018, she wrote and produced the short film "The Way You Saw Me," which screened at twelve film festivals and won Runner-Up for Best Narrative Short at Denver Underground Film Festival and Bronze Film Award for Narrative Dramatic Short at WorldFest Houston.