Amy Bertram

Biography

A Tennessee native and Renaissance woman, Amy Bertram demonstrates the possibilities offered by academic study, travel, and experience. She is trilingual, well versed in art, literature, culture and film, and a scholar. Her approach to film history and filmmaking stems from her work as a graduate student in French at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. With a focus on French film and theater for her M.A., she completed her Ph.D. with a second concentration in Cinema Studies.

With a passion for cinema and teaching, Amy has over a decade of experience teaching at the college level. After recognizing that most film students respond best when film history is mixed with practical exercises, she has developed an approach that incorporates film production. In the classroom Amy is energetic and engaged as she strives to make film history exciting, informative, accessible, and meaningful. She cares about her students success beyond the classroom. Some of her former students have worked on the ABC series Nashville, while others have gone on to find jobs in Los Angeles.

Amy is actively involved with Nashville’s film and francophone communities. She and her students have volunteered with the Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) since 2010. She is a member of NaFF and the Belcourt Theatre, where she introduces French films as part of the Vanderbilt FLiCX program. She is a member of the Alliance Française, which promotes French culture, as well as Sister Cities Nashville, which links with Nashville’s sister city Caen, France. Amy is a rock climber and whitewater paddler.