Amanda Micheli
Amanda Micheli | |
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| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupations | Film director / producer, cinematographer |
Amanda Micheli is an American film director and the founder of Runaway Films. Her films have received Emmy and Academy Award nominations and have won awards at global film festivals.
Micheli directed Halftime, a documentary featuring Jennifer Lopez, focusing on her mid-life career and performance at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show. It opened the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022 and premiered on Netflix on June 14, 2022.[1][2]
Her 2018 film Vegas Baby, which examines the complexities of America’s fertility industry, earned an Emmy nomination for PBS.[3][4] Micheli also earned an Academy Award nomination in 2009 for La Corona, which followed a beauty pageant in a Colombian women’s prison. The film, which she co-directed with Isabel Vega, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival before airing on HBO.[5][6]
Micheli’s 2004 documentary Double Dare explores the lives of two Hollywood stuntwomen. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS before its theatrical release.[7][8] The documentary features interviews with Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and Lynda Carter, and won the Audience Award at AFI, as well as Best Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival.[9]
Micheli’s first film, Just for the Ride, about the cowgirls who founded the first professional women’s sports association in America, won a Student Academy Award and an International Documentary Association Award in 1995.[10][11] It premiered on the PBS series POV the following year.[12]
In addition to directing, Micheli has also served as Director of Photography and Producer on multiple projects. In 2014, she produced Slomo, which won the Documentary Shorts Jury Award at SXSW and Best Short from the International Documentary Association.[13][14] She also co-directed One Nation Under Dog for HBO, which received a Television Academy Honor for “Television with a Conscience.”[15]
She was producer and cinematographer on the 2006 HBO documentary Thin, about women in a residential treatment facility for anorexia, and on HBO’s 2007 Cat Dancers.[16][17] She was also supervising producer on Russell Simmons’s Brave New Voices. Additional cinematography credits include Morgan Spurlock’s premiere episode of 30 Days (FX), My Flesh and Blood (HBO), The Flute Player (PBS), and Witches in Exile.
Micheli graduated from Harvard University and is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[18] She has directed commercial projects for clients including Nike, Google, and Verizon, and served as a Creative Director at MasterClass and a visiting lecturer in the MFA film program at Stanford University.[19]
In June 2022, she signed with the United Talent Agency.[20] She was an All-American in women’s rugby and went on to play for the Berkeley All-Blues Rugby Club and the USA Eagles.
Film and television
| Year | Title | Credited as |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Bend in the River | Cinematographer |
| 2025 | Taurasi | Consulting Producer |
| 2022 | Halftime | Director |
| 2020 | MasterClass: Ron Finley Teaches Gardening | Director |
| 2019 | MasterClass: Chris Voss Teaches the Art of Negotiation | Director |
| 2016 | Vegas Baby | Director / Producer / Director of Photography |
| 2016 | Religion of Sports: The New West | Director / Writer |
| 2013 | Slomo | Producer |
| 2013 | Nine for IX: The 99ers | Consulting Producer |
| 2012 | One Nation Under Dog | Director / Cinematographer |
| 2011 | The Save | Director / Director of Photography |
| 2009 | Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices | Supervising Producer |
| 2008 | La Corona | Director / Producer / Director of Photography |
| 2007 | Cat Dancers | Producer / Director of Photography |
| 2006 | Thin | Producer / Director of Photography |
| 2006 | Too Hot Not to Handle | Director of Photography |
| 2005 | You're Gonna Miss Me | Associate Producer |
| 2005 | Smitten | Director of Photography |
| 2005 | 30 Days: Minimum Wage | Director of Photography (credited as Amanda Miceli) |
| 2005 | Both | Director of Photography |
| 2004 | Witches in Exile | Director of Photography |
| 2004 | Lookalike | Cinematographer |
| 2004 | Double Dare | Director / Producer / Director of Photography |
| 2003 | Freshman Diaries | Field Producer / Cinematographer |
| 2003 | The Flute Player | Director of Photography |
| 2003 | My Flesh and Blood | Director of Photography |
| 2003 | Same River Twice | Cinematographer |
| 1995 | Just for the Ride | Director / Producer / Editor / Director of Photography |
References
- ↑ "Halftime Tribeca Film Festival Listing". Tribeca Film Festival. 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Netflix's Jennifer Lopez Doc 'Halftime': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. June 8, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Vegas Baby Emmy Nomination Announcement". Variety. May 19, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Emmy Award Nominations: Full List of 2015 Emmy Nominees". Variety. July 16, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Full list of Oscar winners and nominations". The Guardian. 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FILMS HONORED 1985-2008" (PDF). Sundance. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Double Dare Toronto International Film Festival Group 2004 Annual Report" (PDF). TIFF. 2004. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Double Dare". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). May 31, 2005. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Double Dare". IFC Center. 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Student Academy Award History". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1995. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "1996 IDA/David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award". International Documentary Awards (IDA). November 1, 1996. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "POV Broadcast History". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). July 23, 1996. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "SXSW: 2013 Film Award winners are..." South by Southwest (SXSW). March 12, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "29th Annual IDA Documentary Award Nominees & Winners". International Documentary Association (IDA). 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Sixth Television Academy Honors Nods Revealed". Television Academy. 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Thin". Variety. January 23, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Cat Dancers". Hollywood Reporter. June 28, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Harvardwood". Harvard University. 2002. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Stanford Bulletin Explore Courses". Stanford University. 2015. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "UTA Signs Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Amanda Micheli Ahead Of JLo Documentary Premiere". DEADLINE. June 7, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2026.