Biografia
Anne-Marie Mackay is a writer, producer, and executive with over thirty years of experience. She has played a significant role in launching the careers of acclaimed directors and various key film professionals, including writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, production designers, art directors, location managers, wardrobe designers, makeup and hair artists, among others. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Anne-Marie oversaw hundreds of prominent music video and music film projects, many of which received awards.
Recognized as a veteran producer, she co-founded several innovative production companies such as Propaganda Films, Palomar Pictures, Riddle Studios, and most recently, Wondros. Through these companies, she helped launch the careers of notable directors including David Fincher, Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, David Hogan, Dominic Sena, Gore Verbinski, Alex Proyas, Michel Gondry, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Sofia Coppola, John Dahl, Mark Romanek, Nigel Dick, Alek Keshisian, Jessie Dylan, Melodie McDaniel, and many more. Additionally, she contributed to diversifying the careers of established filmmakers like David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Sir John Schlesinger, Ben Stiller, Forest Whitaker, David O. Russell, Sir Michael Apted, Mark Pellington, Bret Leonard, Michael Caton-Jones, and Lee Daniels by offering both long and short form opportunities.
Anne-Marie's television work includes Naked Cafe for VH1, High Octane with Sofia Coppola, Walter Mosley’s feature film Always Outnumbered for HBO, William S. Burroughs' The Junkies Christmas from her series Francis Ford Coppola Presents, the Brian Wilson documentary I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, The Highwaymen featuring Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings, the documentary Why Was I Born about Little Jimmy Scott, and the Showtime feature American Dream, American Knightmare, directed by Antoine Fuqua and centered on Suge Knight.
She has earned multiple Emmy and Grammy nominations, including for her role as Executive Producer on Stranger Adventures, a groundbreaking online game. In 2014, her film The Girl from Nagasaki, which she also wrote, was prominently featured at Cannes and the Sundance Frontier Festival. After producing The Last Word, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried, she developed a slate of projects under her own banner.
Her most recent feature, Foster Boy, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and starring Matthew Modine and Lou Gossett Jr., premiered at the Nashville Film Festival and the International Black Film Festival, winning 18 awards including the Human Rights Award and Carpe Diem Award. She has been commissioned to write several TV bibles and pilot scripts for international television, as well as a seven-part fantasy novel series titled The World of The Magus.
Currently focused on writing and producing, Anne-Marie has authored novels including Letters from Paris, The Daemon Lover, Fitz, Invisible Girl, The Piper, and Welcome to The Jungle—a mystery novel inspired by her rise in the 1980s music video industry, recently optioned by Anonymous Content—alongside her autobiography An Ordinary Life. These works are among her original projects, complemented by multiple film and television scripts in development.
She is attached to produce and write the pilot episode of Pussy Riot, the true story of the Russian women who defied Putin and were imprisoned for their punk protest performances in Moscow. Her TV series projects are associated with Appian Way, Anonymous Content, and Josephson Entertainment. Her feature development slate includes titles such as Nothing but Hustle, Providence, The Agent, The Bodyguard, The Killer, The Crook, Gone Dark, Letters from Paris, Larva, and The Narrows.
Anne-Marie serves as president of the non-profit Blue Valor Films, representing true stories of former military, government, and police officers. She is also Chief Creative Officer at the startup production company Reel Red Films.
