Amy Holden Jones

Jones grew up in Florida and lived in Buffalo, New York during her high school years. She attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, majoring in art history, so she could also take film studies courses at nearby MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After she won first place at the American Film Institute National Student Festival for her short film A Weekend Home (1975), Martin Scorsese, one of the judges, offered her a job as his assistant as he directed Taxi Driver. It was there that she met her husband cinematographer Michael Chapman. Martin Scorsese told Jones she was “too good to be an assistant” and got her in contact with film producer Roger Corman.[5] She went on to work for Corman editing Joe Dante's first film, Hollywood Boulevard, when she was 22 years old. She edited American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince for Scorsese, Corvette Summer for MGM, and Second-Hand Hearts for Hal Ashby. She was offered the job of editor on Steven Spielberg’s E.T, but turned it down in favor of directing her own movie.[5] She directed her first film The Slumber Party Massacre by the age of 27, also for Roger Corman.

Jones is featured in the first chapter of Julie MacLusky's book Is There Life After Film School? as well as in The First Time I Got Paid for It by Peter Lefcourt and Laura J. Shapiro.

Her work on Indecent Proposal earned Jones a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay.[6]

Jones is one of the creators of the medical drama The Resident which premiered in 2018 and is still airing. She is known for her adamant defense of the show on social media; in 2021, upon response to a tweet regarding the ratings for season 4, she emphasized that the same day ratings do not accurately reflect the show’s popularity and that the live plus 7 day ratings are what is truly important to determining the renewal of a show. She has also criticized other medical dramas such as Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Doctor, and New Amsterdam on reusing other storylines that previously originated in her show. In 2019, she signed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV.[7] Jonnie Davis, President of Creative Affairs, said about Jones, “She’s brimming with ideas, and we’re excited to have her continued services on our series as well as her development. She’s an important voice.” Coming from her deal with 20th Century Fox, she is potentially going to be working as co-writer and co-executive producer for a new crime drama at ABC.[8]

• Amy Holden Jones at IMDb
• The Relic - early draft