Amy Seimetz on Wanda

Writer and director of the new thriller She Dies Tomorrow, Amy Seimetz discusses one of her favorite films, Barbara Loden's groundbreaking work of American independent cinema Wanda.

Seimetz will discuss the film in a livestreamed conversation on Tuesday, August 11 at 8pm EST with Bright Lights Film Series curator Anna Feder. Audience members will be able to submit their own questions through the YouTube livestream, or on Twitter and Instagram. Watch here or at the embedded video below.

She Dies Tomorrow is available now to rent on VOD, learn more here.

About Amy Seimetz

Amy Seimetz is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Starz series The Girlfriend Experience. Based on the Steven Soderbergh feature of the same name, the show premiered in 2015 and was nominated for a Golden Globe and quickly renewed for a second season which aired in 2017. Sun Don't Shine, Seimetz's directorial debut feature film, won a special jury prize at South by Southwest in 2012 and was nominated for two Gotham Awards. In 2018 Seimetz directed two episodes of the acclaimed FX series Atlanta and subsequently signed a first look television production development deal with the network.

Seimetz's notable film credits in front of the camera include Shane Carruth's acclaimed Upstream Color (for which she was nominated for a Gotham Award), Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer's Pet Sematary, Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, and Madeleine Olnek's Wild Nights with Emily. Seimetz's television acting credits include Netflix's Stranger Things, the AMC series The Killing, Christopher Guest's HBO comedy series Family Tree, and the EPIX series Get Shorty. Upcoming film and TV projects include Steven Soderbergh's feature film Kill Switch and CBS Television Studios' as- yet-untitled miniseries based on James Comey's memoir.