Amy Beecroft

In 2015, Amy Beecroft joined Verve to start their independent film finance and sales arm, Verve Ventures. Since its inception, Beecroft has propelled the team into a major player in the independent film landscape. Beecroft has been a fixture in the film finance, sales and distribution world for over two-decades. She has worked at HBO as their Director of International Sales, at GreeneStreet Films as President of International Sales and then as the SVP of International Sales at FilmNation Entertainment. With a wealth of relationships both internationally and domestically, Beecroft’s strategic and thoughtful approach to sales has solidified her as of the industry’s leading sales agents.

VERVE VENTURES is the independent film finance and sales team at Verve Talent & Literary Agency in Los Angeles. The Ventures group’s producorial approach takes high-quality, creator-driven material from script to screen—and everywhere in between.

Ventures is currently out in the marketplace with psychological thriller THE PROCESS starring Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, and Garrett Hedlund; erotic thriller CAROLINA CAROLINE starring Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner and Kyra Sedgwick; psychological thriller PALETTE starring Hunter Schafer and Noomi Rapace; and supernatural thriller THE WHISTLER starring Diane Guerrero and Juan Pablo Raba.

Recently released titles include Lionsgate’s GREEDY PEOPLE starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Himesh Patel, Lily James, and Simon Rex; 2023 TIFF Official Selection and NYT Critic's Pick KNOX GOES AWAY starring and directed by Michael Keaton with Al Pacino and James Marsden; NYT Critic's Pick SNACK SHACK starring Nick Robinson and produced by MRC for Paramount; WINTER SPRING SUMMER OR FALL starring Jenna Ortega, SXSW Grand Jury and Audience award winner I LOVE MY DAD starring Patton Oswalt; and EMILY THE CRIMINAL starring Aubrey Plaza.

Upcoming releases from the Ventures group include FIGHT OR FLIGHT starring Josh Hartnett which sold competitively to Paramount and SACRAMENTO starring Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart and Maya Erskine.