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2008 Rising Star Award

The Rising Star Award was established to recognize and honor a notable woman who has made significant strides in her young career. In the inaugural year of this award, Women In Film.Dallas is proud to bestow the first honor to Amy Talkington, former WIF.D Scholarship Recipient and celebrated writer/director.

Amy’s talents and ambition have brought her recognition internationally by Vogue, CNN, The Independent Film Channel, E!, MTV, The Sundance Channel, the New York Times, and Filmmaker Magazine which named Amy as one of "25 new Indie faces to watch.” She is the acclaimed writer and director of the feature “The Night of the White Pants”, which she set and shot in Dallas. The movie, which will be released on DVD later this year, stars Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, and Selma Blair. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and then concluded its festival run with sold-out screenings at AFI Dallas. Prior to “The Night of the White Pants,” Amy directed four short films, which won multiple awards and played festivals all over the world, including The Sundance Film Festival.

Amy has written screenplays for Fox 2000, 20th Century Fox and Madonna's Maverick Entertainment, has developed original TV pilots with MTV, Regency, UBU and Tollin-Robbins Productions. In 2004, Amy wrote and produced the ABC Family movie "Brave New Girl" which starred Virginia Madsen. Amy is also an accomplished interactive filmmaker. In 2000, Amy co-wrote and directed the world’s first 360-degree movie, "The New Arrival" for which the New York Times named her "one of the few women to break out on the Internet."

It is this Texas-native’s ambition, initiative, and drive for which WIF.Dallas proudly presents Amy Talkington with the first Rising Star Award.