AMANDA BJÖRK is a director and screenwriter. She graduated from the Stockholm University of the Arts, in 2019. In June 2020 she was selected by The Swedish Film Institute, European Film Promotion and KVIFF as one of the ten most promising directors in Europe.

Amanda strives to create raw and provocative portraits of the human being, often from a female point of view. Her interest is in telling stories about relationships, group dynamics and mental illness - with a large dose of dark humor, poetry, warmth and and absurdity. Amanda writes and directs across a wide range of genres and for young and adult audiences, for both film and television.

Amanda is in production as screenwriter and director for two seasons of the television series for young adults "Zombie" for SVT. She is also developing her debut feature film "Hysterika", which won the Wild Card Award from the Swedish Film Institute in 2019. In 2020, she made her short movie "Ingiis, vakna", which premiered in 2021. She has written and directed a number of short films and her graduation short film "Ladda Ur/To Discharge", premiered at Göteborg International Film Festival in 2020. She directed the documentary "Jag är en naturkraft/I am a force of nature" about the Swedish artist Silvana Imam in 2013 for SVT. In 2011, Amanda started the film production company Lampray, producing short films and documentaries, one them being "Kung Fury", which is the Best Short film in the world according to IMDB. "Kung Fury" also won a Guldbagge (Swedish Academy Award) for Best Short.

Amanda is also one of the founders of the feminist production company Lynx Studios, founded in 2013, which only works with female film workers. In 2015, Lynx Studios was awarded the "A-märkt-priset" by WIFT (Women in Film and Television) for their work.

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