Amanda Dow

About

Australian Director, Writer, Producer Amanda Dow was born in Perth, Western Australia and now lives between Los Angeles and Perth. After living seventeen years in America, Amanda decided in 2022 it was time to head home and spend nine months of each year back home in Perth bringing home her projects for the WA market.She began her career in acting and graduated from The Australian Film and Television Academy in 1999. After years of landing the occasional acting role, she made the switch to writing and directing, acknowledging a scarcity of strong female influence behind the camera.In 2011 she wrote and directed her first short film "Vacillate", in 2012 she wrote and directed another short film "The Gift". This is where her love really ignited to write and direct story. The following years consisted of her writing seven feature length films, of which four have been optioned.In 2014 Amanda directed her debut feature film "Chasing Aliens" which stirred much interest at the Cannes film market. From there she went on to associate producer on "Drive Hard" starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane, then location managing on "The Reckoning", starring Luke Hemsworth. In November 2017 she produced a documentary in Cambodia "I am Beautiful", believing that understanding all facets of the industry will make her a better director.In 2020 due to the industry being shut down during the pandemic, she pivoted into directing commercials and music videos to stay creative.
In 2022, Amanda won the Best Director award for her short film One Hit Wonder, which also received three additional Best Film awards and was nominated for nine more. In January 2023, she directed The Interval, a short film written by acclaimed writer Lloyd J. Schwartz and executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Marsh Posner Williams. The Interval earned Amanda three more Best Director awards and was nominated for 16 awards.Amanda is currently attached to direct three feature films and working on several projects with writing partner Millie Rose Heywood.

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