Andy Streitfeld is the founder of AMS Pictures, a Dallas-based communications company.
An avid filmmaker, techno-geek and natural entrepreneur since childhood, Andy earned a Bachelor’s degree
in broadcast and film from New York University, paying for his college years by running an inner city television
studio teaching kids how to produce community programming.
In 1982, with a loan from his 88-year-old grandmother, Andy founded AMS Productions in the
spare bedroom of his small home in Bedford, Texas. Today, the company has more than 75 full-time
employees, with facilities and staff in both Dallas and Austin, Texas.
AMS has become a magnet for creative talent and a reliable partner for some of America’s most prestigious corporate clients.
While building a successful business serving the corporate and broadcast marketplace, under Andy’s leadership AMS has always had a passion for creating communication products that make a real difference in the lives of people, families and communities. This commitment to creating meaningful programming led Andy to apply 26 years of experience in creative media and visual storytelling to create original programs that inspire, provoke and entertain.
The body of work produced under the rubric of AMS Pictures includes
Black History Uncovered, a series of documentaries on African America history, as well as other titles on social issues, history, and culture. Andy’s dream is that documentaries become as popular as American Idol!
Brad Osborne | Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Brad Osborne is a commercial & film writer, director, producer and editor living in Dallas.
His work prior to
The Real Great Debaters includes the nationally-televised historical documentary
Rising from the Rails (heralded by
Booklist as one of the top 10 film titles on
African-American history);
Shock, a Freddy Award-winning documentary on Electroconvulsive
Therapy based on the book by Kitty Dukakis; and
In the Shadow of Hollywood, a haunting
look at early Black Cinema.
Osborne has also produced & edited web video content for
Conde Nast Portfolio, and is an in-demand commercial director for brands like Subway Restaurants,
Cantoni and others.
Laura Neitzel | Co-Producer
Laura Neitzel came to AMS in 2005, bringing with her a renaissance of skills and experiences. After graduating from the University of Texas in 1984, Laura fell into a career as a corporate and securities law paralegal at two of the most prominent law firms in Texas. In 1995, she earned a Master’s Degree in English from the University of North Texas, and has taught middle-school and college English.
Laura has always kept one foot in the film and television industry, having served for nine years as
the managing then executive director of a non-profit media arts organization which presents the
Dallas Video Festival, the oldest and video festival in the nation. She has also worked as a
freelance production coordinator for Lion Television Scotland, and as an associate producer on numerous
independent documentary film projects.
Her varied background in legal matters, research and writing have come in handy at AMS, where,
in addition to writing and producing her own documentary,
Bodacious Boots, she has worked as
an associate producer, co-producer, writer, researcher and music and footage clearances specialist.
Monika Watkins | Co-Producer
Monika Watkins, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, graduated with a film degree from
the University of North Texas in 2006. Since that time, she has very quickly amassed an
impressive production resume that includes work on several episodic television programs, and numerous
documentary films including
The Real Great Debaters of Wiley College, Flying for
Freedom, and
In the Shadow of Hollywood, and
Resurrecting Moton Field,
currently in production.
She is also an avid photographer.
Tammy Nguyen Lee | Director of Development & Distribution
Tammy Nguyen Lee is a producer, filmmaker and actor and currently serving as the Director of Development and Distribution for Original Programming at AMS Pictures. Born in Saigon, Tammy fled with her mother to the United States as a “boat person,” and grew up in Dallas, Texas. She graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts with a degree in Cinema and received a MFA from UCLA's Producers Program. For her work in the arts, she has received several national scholarships and honors, and her short films have screened at film festivals nationwide.
Prior to joining AMS, she worked at Revolution Studios and became Managing Director of The Mine, LLC.,
a music video and commercial production company.
In 2007, she founded ATG Against The Grain Productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit production company that promotes Asian American education and cultural awareness and raises money for international orphanages. She is a firm believer in giving back to the community and serves actively in a variety of leadership roles, in numerous charitable and civic organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Women in Film.Dallas and a term as Miss Asian American Texas.
As a working actress and model whose credits span from movies, television, commercials, industrials,
and national campaigns, her experience on set fueled her passion for advocating the complexity of the
Asian American identity and representation in the media. She is currently producing an independent documentary,
Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam.
