Amanda Pope
Credits Include: "The Desert Of Forbidden Art","Jackson Pollack Portrait"
Emmy Award winning Director Amanda Pope's directing, producing, writing, and editing credits have focused on the dynamics of creativity in the arts. Her films Jackson Pollock Portrait, Stages: Houseman Directs Lear, and Cities for People have all been broadcast nationally on PBS. The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club was honored with a 2010 Los Angeles area Emmy in the arts and culture/ history category; The Desert of Forbidden Art, which she co-directed, co-produced and co-wrote with Tchavdar Georgiev, has been broadcast in 2011 on PBS’ Independent Lens and honored with CINE’s Masters Award for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking. She has served on the Boards of New York Women in Film and the Women in Film Foundation in Los Angeles. Amanda is a Professor in production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.