Amy Currie - Senior Publicist
- Gender: Female
- Industry: Communications or Media
- Occupation: Senior Publicist
- Location: Austin : TX : United States
About Me
Formal bio: Since joining Phenix & Phenix in 2006, Amy Currie has successfully managed dozens of national publicity campaigns, securing media bookings for a broad spectrum of subject matters, from financial topics to science fiction. Major media hits include a recent placement in Money magazine; top national radio slots on “The Thom Hartmann Show,” “The Mancow Show,” and “The Young Turks”; and widely syndicated articles in the Dallas Morning News, the Christian Science Monitor and Dow Jones’ Marketwatch. Currie holds a B.A. in radio-television-film and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. During her time at the university, Currie served on both the commercial production and news production teams at Austin’s CBS affiliate, KEYE-TV, and also served as an advertisement coordinator for Cinematexas International Short Film Festival.
Interests
- Film
- books
- music
- running
- traveling
- knitting
- gangster flicks
- British comedies
- Irish culture and politics
Favorite Movies
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Goodfellas
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Lord of the Rings trilogy
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Departed
- In the Name of the Father
- Trainspotting
- Michael Collins
- No Country for Old Men
Favorite Music
- The Beatles
- Oasis
- the Verve
- the Arctic Monkeys
- Elvis
- Amy Winehouse
- Babyshambles
- Buddy Holly
- Radiohead
- the Ronettes
- U2
- The National
- Hank Williams
Favorite Books
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- The Fool's Tale
- The Road
- Frenchman's Creek
- The Return of the King
- Trainspotting
- The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs
- Sense & Sensibility
