Amy Mäki is a screenwriter/producer/director & published poet. She is of Finnish and Polish descent. Youngest of three, daughter of a traveling salesman and interior designer, her childhood home was full of story.

Her teenage years working in the world of thoroughbred racing provided fodder for several character-driven projects. This in combination with growing up in an alcoholic home is why she writes across genres with the shared theme of survival.

Mäki is a two-time finalist in Coppola's American Zoetrope Feature Screenplay Competition with ONE LAST SAVE and RUB THE SPEED and a two-time finalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards with STEAL THE WORDS and HONORARY MALE.

After film school, Mäki got her start in San Francisco, working as an online editor in TV News at CBS and NBC. During this time Mäki produced the PBS documentary AFTERMATH OF APARTHEID, based on her volunteer teaching experience in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mäki has also worked in hospitals, schools and for UPS as a loader and unloader. She draws inspiration from her working class background and is an IATSE Local 480 member. She has worked as a studio teacher on numerous productions such as: THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, THEM and DARK WINDS in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mäki holds a BS in Biology, a BA in Film, and an MFA in Screenwriting from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her recent poem 79 AD is published in (TART: Writers in the Attic, 2024).

She is the founder of OSFILMS, LLC which is an independent entertainment company specializing in writing and production of indie films and documentaries.