Amanda Kaye is a La Biennale di Venezia–supported filmmaker and award-winning writer, director and producer based in Brisbane, Australia. Her debut feature Cut Sick was selected for the 14th Biennale College Cinema International Call (2025/26), where she participated in Workshop One in Venice, Italy.

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Amanda's award-winning short films have screened internationally, with Appetite of a Nobody (2025) and Good Times and That's Okay (2022) among her most recognised works.

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Appetite of a Nobody had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest and went on to screen at international genre festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Monster Fest and Popcorn Frights. The film received Best International Short Film at Reel Horrors Film Fest and screened at the Sydney Opera House as part of Hell House Halloween, preceding Evil Dead II 2026.

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Good Times and That's Okay enjoyed an extensive international festival run, including St Kilda Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival and Melbourne Queer Film Festival. The film received multiple awards, including Best Screenplay at My Queer Career and the Audience Award at Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was a contender for the 2024 AACTA Awards in the Short Film category.

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Her other directing credits include Mooncake (2026), which premiered at Flickerfest and was selected in competition at Cambridge Film Festival; Norm (2019), which received multiple awards and was commercially released on SCREAMBOX as part of Bloody Bites; and Even If I Wanted To (2023), which was endorsed by academic Orna Donath for its exploration of maternal regret.

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Amanda has collaborated with leading filmmakers including Tristan Barr, David Gim, Ashley Burgess, Sandra Sciberras, Peter Hegedus, Douglas Watkin, and Jeff W. Tseng, and is a long-time creative partner at Continuance Pictures and filmbarr. She has also served as a judge for the St Kilda Film Festival (2024) and Sparrowland Short Film Festival (2025).

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Amanda is currently developing a slate of feature films spanning dark comedy, drama, psychological thriller and horror, including Cut Sick, Good Times and That's Okay, Absurd and Greenhorn. Her work continues to explore the uncomfortable, absurd and often contradictory aspects of human behaviour, with a particular interest in stories that challenge social expectations and conventional ideas of identity and belonging.