Amanda Burr

Amanda Burr is a producer and writer. Recent producing credits include The Bones (2024 CPH:Dox), the series FILMS BYKIDS for PBS, Death Metal Angola,Man Shot Dead,and the short doc/fiction hybrid “Solitary/Release.” She was a founder and Editor in Chief at the digital learning company Nomadic, where she wrote, directed, and produced over 50 animated short films and education programs. She has also worked as an associate programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival, a consultant with the Screenwriters Colony, a programmer for the Chicago Humanities Festival, and as a theater director. She has a BS in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University, where she studied literary fiction and screenwriting.