Amanda Lundquist

Amanda Lundquist is a feature film director whose work has screened at over 15 festivals worldwide. Her second feature, ASKING FOR IT, stars Stephanie Hsu (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE) and Janeane Garofalo (WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER). The film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival and was acquired by the Fuse Television Network. Her first feature, PINSKY won “Best Narrative Feature” at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and was distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures in 2019. Both features are currently streaming on Amazon Prime. In 2021, she was a finalist in Starz's Take the Lead Initiative and additionally served as a juror on the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival's Narrative Feature Jury. Amanda lives in Brooklyn with her partner, Olga Vazquez, who DP’d both ASKING FOR IT and PINSKY. Amanda is a member of Film Fatales and a co-creator of The Film Fatales Podcast, which features in-depth interviews with directors of all marginalized genders. She is committed to gender and racial parity in the film industry and believes that self-representation and consent-based collaboration is the future of the independent film community.