DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Amanda Renee Knox

An award winning director whose work has received international recognition, Amanda’s most recent short film The Errand screened at the 75th Cannes Film Festival at The Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the American Pavilion sponsored by The Hollywood Foreign Press/Golden Globes. She was recently named a finalist in the prestigious Chimaera Project's Support HER director mentorship program with Tosca Musk . In 2019, her film, Night Call was in consideration for a Live Action Short Film Academy Award and in 2017 she received a prestigious Student DGA Jury Award . She was selected for the highly competitive Ryan Murphy Half Initiative shadowing 911-Lone Star. In addition to this, she has shadowed Chicago PD and Chicago Med for three episodes providing her with invaluable mentorship for her high impact thesis film, Night Call . Night Call screened at over 85 festivals worldwide and won 42 awards including the top festival prize at Academy Qualifying Bermuda International Film Festival where producer Christine Vachon was one of three jurors. Amanda’s desire is to continue to create immersive films that engage audiences both viscerally and intellectually. Nate Kohn, Ebertfest Director, describes her work as “really well made, powerful work” . She is currently working on her first feature that will be set to shoot in 2023. She is represented by Echo Lake Entertainment.