Amelia Martin was born in the house her great-grandfather built in Avery County, North Carolina. Chasing a film career, Amelia cut time studying English lit at UNCG, and directing at UNCSA short. She spent seven years running art house movie theaters in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Westchester County, NY before settling into a tiny East Village Apartment in NYC to focus on writing and film.
Amelia is no stranger in the film and writing world of New York. As the film industry has continued to feel the strain of economic pressures through COVID and strikes, Amelia avoided the wave by tucking back into the hollers of her birth where she is spearheading a fresh spotlight on Appalachia. She Don’t Shine is the first of many more women centered, Appalachian proud stories on her long list of what’s coming.
After four years of DIY renovation therapy on an old house in the mountains, Amelia has recently moved herself and young daughter to Chapel Hill where she continues to weave her life’s adventures into sharable tales.
***A new tiny mutt named Maxine and continued frequent NYC trips are keeping our chins up in the meantime.
