Andrew Arnold Lamy was born August 21, 1952 in New York City. His formal education consisted entirely of time spent in the New York public school system, culminating in his attendance at The High School of Music & Art (1966-1969), where he was enrolled as an art student.
During his teen years he made one short 8mm Film,"Chez Moi", and three short 16mm films: "Out in the Country"(1969); "Big City Blues"(1970); and "Bowery Dawn" (1972).
Both "Out in the Country" and "Bowery Dawn" featured in its cast the legendary underground filmmaker Jack Smith.
"Bowery Dawn" marked the film debut of the actress, Glenne Headly ("Dick Tracy"; "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels").
"Out in the Country" was screened at The Museum of Modern Art, and "Big CIty Blues" was screened at The Rochester Film Festival and at The Whitney Museum, and was reviewed in The New York Times. (The three 16mm shorts are archived in the permanent collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center).
At the age of sixteen Mr.Lamy worked a season as a prop boy for John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous.