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Amy's Experience

In Fall 2009 I will start my second year of graduate school at the Calarts Film Directing program.

I'm also a technical script consultant for the CBS televsion show NUMB3RS. Another script reviewer, Eric Weisstein, wrote a blog post about our NUMB3RS work. Ed Pegg, Jr. joined me for an interview on WILL's Afternoon Magazine.

Previously I was webmaster for the Materials Computation Center at the University of Illinois, doing web and database development. At the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics I did some video editing and print work in addition to webmasterly things.

I also did web development at DeLorme, a company that makes mapping software and tools.

I've also been the art director for a needlework design company, and lots of different things at Wolfram Research.

My degree is in architectural studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (UIUC undergrads get a 4-year degree instead of a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture.) My coursework included architectural design, architectural history, lighting design, strength and materials, and drawing and painting. My junior year was spent at the UIUC school in Versailles, France, sketching and traveling a lot.

I considered switching to music theory and composition my senior year, but decided to just finish my degree. At various times I've studied music theory or composition classes, or voice in Maine, New Hampshire, and Illinois. I also took a recording studio techniques class.

My computer knowledge developed in a straightforward way from my various computer-related jobs. I'm comfortable using the main operating systems and am decent programmer for the languages I know.

A while ago Saturdays I worked Saturdays at Mirabelle, a local bakery, learning about baking European-style bakery bread, and decorating pastries and cakes. That was a lot of fun, too.

I miss ballet, but might pick it up again in the future.