Amanda de Souza(I)

After graduating with a diploma in creative Advertising Amanda became a Writer/Producer creating custom digital marketing campaigns for clients in the entertainment industry. In 2010 she moved to New York City where she worked as an Executive Account Assistant at Boneau/Bryan-Brown, a leading Broadway PR agency. She went on to become a Senior Graphic Designer at fashion-forward W Magazine. She returned to Toronto to study English and Film Studies and received an Honors BA in the Arts & Contemporary Studies program at Ryerson University, studying art and architecture in Florence, Italy. Amanda also worked as an illustrator and graphic designer including custom graphics for the animated series "Miraculous Ladybug" on Netflix/Disney Channel and as a social media manager for film distribution companies including The Orchard and Bluefox Entertainment. She has since worked on films as an Assistant, Designer and AP on productions including the Netflix Original feature, "To All the Boys I've Loved Before", Lionsgate feature "Spiral" and several series including "The Umbrella Academy", "One of Us is Lying" and most recently as a Writers' Room Showrunner's Assistant on Season 2 of the NBCUniversal hit series, "Chucky". Her directorial debut short, "Call Me Daddy" had its West Coast premiere at The Official Latino Film Festival in Coachella, winning Best Comedy, and it's East Coast Premiere at The Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia, winning Best Narrative Short.