Amy Straus
Lecturer
Film and Media Arts, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Office Location: Marion Knott Studios 266
Email: astraus@chapman.edu
Biography
Amy Toomin Straus is a veteran TV writer, having written on the staffs of ten shows,
including Friends and Grounded for Life. While on Friends, she co-wrote “The One With
the Embryos” which, in retrospect, should have been named “The One Where the Girls
Lose Their Apartment to the Boys.” She also has co-written pilots for ABC and CBS
as well as a screenplay for Malcolm in the Middle. Most recently she has created branded
content for Zillow and is in post-production on a documentary. Straus holds a BFA
from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.