A.M. Lukas

A.M. Lukas (formerly Anna Martemucci) debuted as a writer/director with "Hollidaysburg," a love letter to adolescence in small town Pennsylvania. Recently named #11 on Rotten Tomatoes' "20 Best Thanksgiving Movies of All Time" list, the film was embraced by critics upon its release, the LA Times calling it "Smart, warm, and authentic, one of the better youth comedies of the last few years." Lukas's most recent film is the award-winning "One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure," which stars Emily Mortimer and has been viewed online and around the world over a million times. The child of a political refugee from communist Czechoslovakia and an Italian immigrant, her grandfather is the late artist Jan Lukas, a revered figure in early Czech photography and filmmaking whose work is represented in MoMA's permanent collection.