Biography

Born on an Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain, Amanda was raised in Texas, lived in New York and has recently moved to Los Angeles. Growing up in Texas, Amanda trained as a dancer, with Patsy Swayze (Patsy Swayze (Patrick Swayze's mother) at their small studio in Garden Oaks. It was here that she discovered her love of creating and performing. She later trained in Opera, studying with the legendaryElena Nikolaidi, performing at such venues as Westminster Abby (London), as an artist in residence. In 1998, Amanda moved to New York City to pursue dance, sustained an injury and In 2003, entered The William Esper Studios on scholarship. It was at this point that she began a journey into film and theatre, she has both the talent and the artistic flexibility to move between the two. In 2010, she began to venture into the world of filmmaking from behind the camera. She wrote directed, produced her first short film that was warmly accepted at festivals worldwide.

Amanda's work has since received international recognition and in 2017, garnered her a prestigious DGA Jury Award. She most recently shadowed director, John Hyams on Chicago P.D. (2014) and was invited in her second year of graduate school by the producers of Dick Wolf's Chicago Med (2015) to be a shadowing director for two episodes shadowing Donald Petrie and the show's then Co-Executive Producer Michael Waxman.

Knox participated in the competitive Filmmaker-In-Residence program at Chapman University with Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) providing her with invaluable mentorship for her high impact thesis film, Night Call (2017). Night Call (2017) beat the odds winning the top festival prize at Academy Qualifying Bermuda International Film Festival where acclaimed producer Christine Vachon was one of three jurors. This festival win qualified Night Call (2017) for a 2019 Live Action Short Academy Award. Night Call (2017) has won 41 top festival awards worldwide garnering Knox with numerous Best Director and Emerging Filmmaker Prizes. Other notable awards and prizes include Cannes, American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and Caucus Foundation Gold Circle Award. In addition to these awards Night Call (2017) aired on PBS, locally and nationally in 2019 and had a limited theatrical release that was curated by Ann Hornaday, Washington Post chief film critic.

A lover of action/suspense, Amanda's desire is to continue to create immersive films that engage audiences both viscerally and intellectually. Nate Kohn, film critic of Chicago Sun Times, Ebertfest Director and Peabody Award Associate Director, describes her work as "really well made, powerful work". Knox was selected to participate in the highly selective Ryan Murphy Half Initiative and shadowed 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) director Gwyneth Horder-Payton in February 2020. She won a Founders Award and will be developing a limited series during The Story Summit this fall. Story Summit was founded by former Paramount Pictures President, David Paul Kirkpatrick to help foster new writers all over the world.

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