Amanda Nicole Reyes
…is a Tejana filmmaker, actor and arts activist. She has a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of North Texas and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Her filmmaking focuses on progressive themes such as the exploitation of the Prison Industrial Complex, the confusing complexity of the Mexican American identity, Racial Injustice and the fight for Women’s and LGBTQA+ rights. Her most recent completed work includes her thesis film, Rosa’s Esperanza, a very personal story about a mother trying to reconnect with her daughter after bringing her home from long-term incarceration. The film has screened at the Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford and San Antonio Film Festivals. Amanda has been interviewed in Remezcla Magazine, NoFilmSchool.com, NY Worth Magazine and The New York Times for the work she’s done while residing in Brooklyn, NY. Amanda has recently wrapped on her latest film, Going Home, a short film exploring the vicious cycle of the Prison Industrial Complex and it’s effects on one Texas family. Amanda now resides in Fort Worth, Texas where she is currently working on several productions, including the theatrical plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Big Love at Hip Pocket Theater, both opening this summer, and the theatrical production of The Amazing, Fabulous, and Spectacular Untruths of Juan Garcia at Amphibian Stage in the fall!