Grace Potter & Route 66
Director Statement
Grace Potter & Route 66 uses Citizen’s proven host-led road format, but the emotional engine is Grace’s search for America through music, place, and people. For Grace, Route 66 is not simply a route across the country; it is a search for home.
I grew up and have always worked in show business. I know the strange life of performers on the road: the kooky motels, the characters that invite you into their homes, the kitchen-table performances after the party has thinned out. I know how to set the stage for these experiences.
As director, I want to honor the kind of storytelling Citizen Pictures does so well: generous, entertaining, emotionally accessible, and deeply connected to real people and real places. The show should feel polished but never distant, cinematic but never precious, soulful but never heavy. I want dirty frames, intimate details, authenticity, and the magic Grace Potter brings wherever she goes.
-Amelia Mulkey
Women of Chinook
Trailer to a documentary I directed for Meta about women who choose to travel as a lifestyle in Toyota Chinooks.
Down Dirty Shake
Shot at a house party one wild night in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset.
Dashboard Saints
A clip from my latest film (currently in post-production). A story about two souls trying to stay anchored in a place they call home, anyway they can.
Floating
A style teaser for a feature film I am directing in Montana.
Director’s Reel
A reel pulled from the music videos, narrative films, documentaries, and commercials I have directed.
About Amelia
“Amelia Mulkey directs the hell out of this romp…”
…declared Backstage West about the stage adaptation of Alexander Payne's Academy Award-winning movie Sideways, which Mulkey developed and directed.
Mulkey is a film director and a sought-after theater director in Los Angeles, where her work has been described as "masterful" by the press and has garnered numerous awards, including an Ovation for Best Director.
As a filmmaker, Mulkey is known for founding The Clock Factory, a prestigious production company in the Bay Area. She is recognized for directing viral commercials, indie music videos, international award-winning dance films, and humorous yet heartfelt short films. Her debut feature, Floating, is a proud recipient of the Big Sky Grant and is set to start production in Montana in 2026.