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Amber Moelter, CEO/Director & Producer
Born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and raised in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, Minnesota Amber performed as an actor, dancer, and singer in America, Australia, Asia, and Europe. She trained at the Academy of Arts, QUT in Brisbane, Australia in Contemporary Dance and later at London Studio Centre, attaining a BA Honors in Theatre Dance (Musical Theatre). While in London she acted in various shorts, pilots, and features including the leading roles in TrashHouse and Cross-Eyed Waltz.
Amber’s first foray behind the camera was the co-production of the feature film, Cross Eyed Waltz. It played at the Independent Film Festival of North Texas, Fylmz Online Festival and The B-Movie Film Festival in New York, where it was best nominated for Best Foreign Movie. In 2005 Amber executive produced, co-wrote and starred in the popular short fan film, Catwoman: Resolution (HERO Fest San Francisco & Fetisch Film Festival). After its release in 2006, Amber formed ALM Talkies. In 2007 she produced, directed and shot Dirty Step Upstage, her directorial debut. In 2008 she spent four months in India, attending an artists residency in New Delhi and later working in Mumbai.
Dirty Step Upstage premiered at the opening night of 2009’s Chashama Film Festival, New York where she also performed as Girl In The Red Dress, a character from the film. She went on to win The Victor Award for Best Actress. Dirty Step Upstage went on to collect 10 nominations and one win (Best Actress – Nova Reid) at the Maverick Movie Awards 2009. MMA went on to claim: “DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE” IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR FEATURES WE’VE EVER SEEN.
Amber is a member of the New York Women in Film and Television, Women in Film Chicago (WIFC), Women in Production (New York), Shooting People (New York), Downtown Community Television (NY) and American Screenwriters Association. She was included in Who’s Who Among Executive & Professional Women Honors Edition 2006. She supports various charities including PAWS and Human Rights Campaign. She ran the 2006 San Francisco Marathon to raise over $4,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
