Amy Marks

Amy Marks is a media creative, disability advocate and activist.

Amy Marks has a Bachelor of Screen Media and was awarded a Westpac young technologist scholarship. She was part of the prestigious ‘Young Social Pioneers program’ with the Foundation for Young Australians, for her commitment to media diversity for disability.

Alongside her filmmaking projects, Amy has worked at the Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS), Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), and several other youth organisations to increase inclusion, skills-building and opportunities for disabled young people.

Amy recently received a grant from SIGNAL young creatives lab to develop a short comedic film about the assumptions around a young person with disability.

In 2021 Amy Marks was awarded the Stella Young Award.