Amanda Renee Knox is an award winning director, whose work has received international recognition. Amanda is a Film Independent Fellow and recently participated in Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program with her recent film The Errand . The Errand had its premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival screening in The Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the American Pavilion sponsored by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In 2019 Amanda was In Consideration for a Live Action Short Academy Award and was awarded a Student DGA Jury Award for her short film Night Call. She has directed Kathleen Chalfant (Madame Secretary), Delaney Williams (The Wire), Marlyne Barrett (Chicago Med), Rachael Holmes (Mad Dogs) and Zeke Bridges (Bloodline). Nate Kohn, film critic of Chicago Sun Times, Ebertfest Director and Peabody Award Associate Director, describes her work as “really well made, powerful work”.

Night Call screened in over 85 festivals worldwide and won 42 top festival awards including Cannes, American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and Caucus Foundation Gold Circle Award. Amanda received a generous joint grant from The Annenberg Foundation and Caucus Foundation to complete Night Call. Additionally,  Night Call has aired on PBS, locally and nationally and had a limited theatrical run curated by Washington Post Chief Film Critic, Ann Hornaday. The Errand is having its own success winning half of the festivals it has screened in, two are Oscar Qualifying. The Errand was recently named as a Semi-Finalist in the Chimaera Project’s To.Get.Her Finishing Funds Grant. She recently gained valuable mentorship by Outlander creator Paulo de Oliviera on her historical fiction pilot The Jane Toppan Story.

In 2019, she was selected for the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative shadowing veteran director, Gwyneth Horder-Payton on 911-Lone Star in March 2020. She was named a Quarter Finalist in the NBC Female Forward Directing Program in 2020. In addition to this, she has shadowed director, John Hyams on Chicago PD and was invited in her second year of graduate school to be a shadowing director for two episodes of Dick Wolf’s Chicago Med shadowing Donald Petrie and the show’s Co-Executive Producer, Michael Waxman. In 2021 Amanda was named a finalist in the prestigious Chimaera Project’s Support HER director mentorship program with Tosca Musk.Night Call won 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 for a 2019 Live Action Short Academy Award. Night Call screened in over 85 festivals worldwide and won 42 top festival awards garnering Knox with numerous Best Director and Emerging Filmmaker Prizes. Other notable awards and prizes include American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes Film Festival and Caucus Foundation Gold Circle Award. In addition to these awards Night Call has aired on PBS, locally and nationally and had a limited theatrical run curated by Washington Post Chief Film Critic, Ann Hornaday.

Amanda has had the extreme pleasure of sitting on the Jury of Oscar Qualifying Bermuda Film Festival with Mike Newell (Harry Potter, Four Weddings and a Funeral) as well as being on the selection committee for festivals such as Slamdance, Bermuda Film Festival, Portland Film Festival and Blackbird Film Festival.

A lover of action/suspense, Amanda's desire is to continue to create immersive films that engage audiences both viscerally and intellectually.

She is represented by Rain Management Group.

AWARDS

· 2019 In Consideration: Live Action Short Academy Award (Night Call)

· 2022 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival: Capri Challenge- Ischia Best International Short Movie (The Errand)

· 2022 Chimaera Project To. Get. Her Semi Finalist (The Errand)

· 2022 South Dakota Film Festival: Best Short Drama (The Errand)

· 2017 Directors Guild of America Jury Award (Night Call)

· 2021 Panavision New Filmmaker Program (The Errand)

· 2021-2022 Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship Program (The Errand)

· 2021 Chimaera Project Support Her, Tosca Musk Feature Mentorship Finalist (Untitled Horse Project)

· 2020 Ryan Murphy Half Initiative Mentee (911//Lonestar)

· 2020 The Story Summit Founders Award (Honora: The Jane Toppan Story)

· 2020 Quarter Finalist NBC Female Forward/Emerging Director Program

· 2018 Cannes Emerging Filmmaker Showcase: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2018 Bermuda International Film Festival: Best Narrative Short (Night Call)

· 2018 Bermuda International Film Festival: Audience Award (Night Call)

· Directing Fellowship 2017- Annenberg/Caucus Foundation Directing Fellowship Grant (Night Call)

· 2018 CILECT 6th Place Ranking Worldwide - Best Short (Night Call)

· Semi-Finalist 2017 - NBC Universal Short Film Competition (Night Call)

· 2019 Blackbird Film Festival: Best Dramatic Short (Night Call)

· 2019 Blackbird Film Festival: Audience Award (Night Call)

· 2018 Beaufort International Film Festival: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2019 Jefferson State Flixx Fest: Audience Award (Night Call)

· 2018 Emerge Film Festival: Best Director (Night Call)

· 2018 Emerge Film Festival: Emerging Artist Award (Night Call)

· 2018 Emerge Film Festival: Best of Fest (Night Call)

· 2018 24fps Film Festival: Best Editing (Night Call)

· 2018 Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival: Best Short Narrative (Night Call)

· 2018 Williamsburg Film Festival: Best Narrative Short (Night Call)

· 2018 South Dakota Film Festival: Best Narrative Short (Night Call)

· 2018 deadCenter Film Festival: Best Student Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Rahway FF: Special Honorable Mention-Exemplary work: Short Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Rahway FF: Best Cinematography in a Short Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Twin Falls Sandwiches Film Festival: Best Actress- Marlyne Barrett (Night Call)

· 2018 Twin Falls Sandwiches Film Festival: Best Cinematography (Night Call)

· 2018 Sapporo Short Film Festival and Market-Special Festival Mention (Night Call)

· 2018 Cine Gear Expo: Finalist (Night Call)

· 2018 NYTVF: New York Finalist (Night Call)

· 2018 SENE Film Festival: Marlyne Barrett: Best Actress (Night Call)

· 2018 SENE Film Festival: Best Student Film: Honorable Mention (Night Call)

· 2018 Clujshorts Film Festival (Romania): Best Student Film(Night Call)

· 2018 SAG/AFTRA Showcase Finalist Screening (Night Call)

· 2018 Ozark Foothills Film Festival: Best Narrative Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Riverside Film Festival: Best Student Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Riverside Film Festival: Audience Award Best Student Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Oneota Film Festival: Best of Fest-Student Narrative Award (Night Call)

· 2018 Jim Thorpe Film Festival: Marlyne Barrett-Best Actress-Short Form (Night Call)

· 2018 Crossroads Film Festival: Lagniappe Award-Filmmaking Achievement (Night Call)

· 2018 Vail International Film Festival: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2018 Phoenix International Film Festival: Best Student Film (Night Call)

· 2018 Taos Shortz International Film Festival: Emerging Artist Award (Night Call)

· 2018 Cinequest International Film Festival: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2018 Durango International Film Festival: Best Narrative Short (Night Call)

· 2017 Gold Circle Award: Caucus Foundation (Night Call)

· 2017 Hamptons International Film Festival: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2017 Carmel International Film Festival: Best Student Short (Night Call)

· 2017 Grand Prize Winner - 2017 UCFTI Film Awards (Night Call)

· 2016 Best Short Drama - Melbourne Indie Film Festival (Rajam)