Amy Hobby

Amy Hobby (Producer, Co-Founder Distribution Advocates) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy, and Peabody Award-winning producer with credits on 30+ films in distribution. She is perhaps most known for producing exceptional films about artists and the creative process. Her films on singer Nina Simone (What Happened, Miss Simone?), actor/writer Sam Shepard (Shepard & Dark), songwriter/activist Ani DiFranco (1-800-ON-HER-OWN), singer/songwriter Dory Previn (Dory Previn: On My Way to Where), writer/actor Spalding Grey (And Everything is Going Fine), artist Nam June Paik (Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV) and actress Marilyn Monroe (Love, Marilyn) excel at emotional storytelling and top-level archival work.  

Other work includes the scripted films Hamlet (Ethan Hawke), Secretary (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and Lucky Them (Toni Collette, Johnny Depp). Hobby has worked on projects with Netflix, Apple+, Hulu, MSNBC Films, PBS, Sony, and has premiered her titles at top festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, and Tribeca.

Hobby is the former Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Institute and current co-founder of Distribution Advocates. With Distribution Advocates, she oversees the newly launched FilmADE Fund promoting innovation in marketing and audience building for independent cinema.