Photo: Anna Kooris 2022.
Amy Violette, M.Div., B.A., is an American writer, director, and producer. She owns media company 3 HORSE STUDIOS and luxury fashion brand AMY VIOLETTE & COMPANY. She is a four time winner of Belmont University’s Top 100 Alumni Entrepreneurship Award. Violette is a graduate of Baylor University (M.Div. in Ministry Leadership) and Belmont University (B.A. in Religious Studies). She was ordained to the Gospel Ministry by First Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. Amy is a former NCAA Division 1 track-and-field athlete, ASCAP songwriter, and rancher. In August 2025, Santa Fe Magazine published their interview with her, “The Remarkable Amy Violette.” In 2016, she was named Professor of Choice by the students at Belmont University. She has been featured in SANTA FE MAGAZINE, COWGIRL MAGAZINE, NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE, THE SANTA FE REPORTER, SANTA FEAN MAGAZINE, BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL, THE RICHARD EEDS SHOW, THEOSOPHIA PODCAST, and the PORCH HANGS PODCAST which she produced.
In 2016, she began a second career working in television and film. She’s worked on over 35 productions. Her most recent being: Apple TV’s THE LOST BUS with Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera. A few of her favorite projects include: NETFLIX's GODLESS with Michelle Dockery; ABC/CMT's NASHVILLE with Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere; AMC’s DARK WINDS with Jessica Matten and Zahn McClarnon; NIGHT OF THE COOTERS by George R.R. Martin; CW’S VAMPIRE DIARIES, AND NEWS OF THE WORLD with Tom Hanks. In 2022, she made her theatrical stage debut playing Manuelita in Georges Bizet's CARMEN at the Santa Fe Opera. Her nine stage performances were seen by over 20,000 people. In 2024, she auditioned for the Dean of The Juilliard School in New York City.
Her philanthropic interests include The Española Humane, The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, The Horse Shelter, The Santa Fe Opera, The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center, Santa Fe International Film Festival, and Monastery of Christ in the Desert. She splits her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
Deadline Contenders TV - Director’s Guild of America, April 25, 2026
Amy on with Matthew McConaughey, 2025.
Amy on set with George R.R, Martin, Creator of Game of Thrones.
Cowgirl Magazine, “Women In Ranching,” March/April 2020.
2026 - EMBA Application - Duke University's Fuqua School of Business - (Durham, NC)
2026 - Grant Submission - New Mexico Documentary Incubator Grant for Filmmakers - (Santa Fe, NM)
2025 - EMMY AWARDS | For Your Consideration: DARK WINDS - (Los Angeles, CA)
2024-2025 - The Lost Bus - Apple TV+ - (Santa Fe, NM / Los Angeles, CA)
2024 - MFA Audition - The Juilliard School - (New York City)
2022 - The Law and Business of Film - University of New Mexico - (Fall 2022)
2022 - Writing Your TV Pilot - University of New Mexico - (Fall 2022)
2022 - ‘Top 100 Belmont University Alumni Business’ (AMY VIOLETTE) - Winner
2022 - Santa Fe Opera - CARMEN - Playing Manuelita (July - August 2022)
2021 - ‘Top 100 Belmont University Founders’ - Winner
2021 - Production Assistant Bootcamp, CNM Ingenuity, Inc. - New Mexico Film - *FCAP Eligible
2021 - Introduction to Screenwriting, University of New Mexico - (Completed 5/17/21)
2020 - ‘Top 100 Belmont University Alumni Business’ (RESOLANA FARMS) - Winner
2019 - ‘Top 100 Belmont University Alumni Business’ (AMY VIOLETTE) - Winner
2018 - Designer of the Year, Nashville Fashion Alliance - Nominee
2017 - Ordination, First Baptist Church - Decatur, Georgia
2016 - Songwriter - NSAI - (Nashville, TN)
2016 - Professor of Choice, Belmont University - Winner
2016 - Master of Divinity, Baylor University
2010 - Life Coach, Coaching-4-Clergy
2008 - Bachelor of Arts, Belmont University
2006 - Songwriter - ASCAP - (Nashville, TN)
2004 - Diploma with Honors, Central High School, Knoxville, Tennessee