Amanda Marsalis
{{short description|American film director and photographer}}
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Amanda Marsalis is an American film director and photographer.{{Cite news |last=Jaworowski |first=Ken |date=2016-04-14 |title=Review: 'Echo Park,' the Story of an Early Romance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/movies/echo-park-review.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0362-4331}}
Career
Marsalis grew up in the East Bay of San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 or 13.{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Aisha |date=2016-04-18 |title=Echo Park Director Amanda Marsalis on Making Her First Film, Gentrification, and Working With Ava DuVernay |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/echo-park-director-amanda-marsalis-on-making-her-first-film-gentrification-and-ava-duvernay.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=1091-2339}}
= Photographic career =
Marsalis attended California College of Arts and Crafts where she studied with Larry Sultan, Chris Johnson, Susan Ciriclio and Jim Goldberg.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Her works were published in Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-09 |title=Reese Witherspoon Is Leading the Way in Hollywood: A Must-See Mini-Documentary |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/reese-witherspoon-video |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}
=Directing career=
Marsalis made her directorial debut with the film Echo Park starring Mamie Gummer and Tony Okungbowa. She was referred to the producers by Rebecca Walker, an author with whom she had worked previously. The film premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was acquired for distribution in 2016 by ARRAY.{{cite web|last1=Patten|first1=Dominic|title=Ava Duvernay's Array Acquires Indie Drama 'Echo Park'|date=3 February 2016 |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/echo-park-ava-duvernay-amanda-marsalis-mamie-gummer-acquired-array-1201695624/|accessdate=3 February 2016}}
In 2015, Marsalis created a short documentary on Reese Witherspoon for Glamour when Witherspoon was honored with the Glamour Woman of the Year Award on the 25th anniversary of the event.
Marsalis directed six episodes of the critically acclaimed{{cite web|last1=Lowry|first1=Brian|title='Ozark' cements its place among Netflix's best dramas with its final episodes|website=CNN |date=29 April 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/entertainment/ozark-final-season-review/index.html|accessdate=31 July 2022}} Netflix series Ozark, including four episodes of the final season.{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |date=2022-05-13 |title=Ozark Director On The Possibility Of More Episodes And Her Interpretation Of The Show's Final Scene |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/ozark-director-on-the-possibility-of-more-episodes-and-her-interpretation-of-the-shows-final-scene |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=CINEMABLEND |language=en}} In 2025, she directed four episodes of Max medical drama series The Pitt, including the second episode, and the critically acclaimed twelfth episode "6:00 P.M.", which dealt with the aftermath of a mass shooting.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-pitt-episode-12-exclusive-awards-insider|title=Inside The Pitt's Stunning Mass-Shooting Episode: "It Felt Intimidatingly Important"|magazine=Vanity Fair|last=Canfield|first=David|accessdate=2025-03-20}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|5831383}}
- {{Instagram|amandamarsalis}}
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Category:American fashion photographers
Category:American women film directors
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