Amanda
Sonnenschein
I am a director, producer, writer, actor and artist based in Los Angeles and New York City.
Directing
I am an eclectic director who regularly works in theater, tv, film, commercials, podcasts and music videos, and across the genres of animation, thriller, comedy, drama, romance and documentary.
My directing work has been featured on VH1, Amazon and LA Weekly, and has been lauded as “riveting, vibrant and compelling” “absolutely edge-of-your-seat” and “one-of-a-kind.”
Producing
Silent Panic
“a very promising premise [that] sounds like the plot of a classic ’50s film noir”
“This is the kind of film that Film Threat loves to get behind. It’s an ambitious, indie film with a lot of heart behind it. Schadt’s story is solid.”
“a terrifying premise that works hard at getting under your skin with layers of tension”
available on AMAZON PRIME and APPLE TV+
House of Demons
“It is that rarest of films, a great one that get better the more it’s pondered. ”
“an extremely talented cast of up and coming actors... Props to filmmaker Meaney who is able to pull off telling a story with multiple characters without letting one feel short changed or lost in the shuffle.”
“the type of weird, eerie story we don’t get to see enough of in cinema...you can’t really go wrong with this film.”
available on AMAZON PRIME, TUBI, ROKU, CRACKLE and more
Legends of Sleepy Hollow
101
Drawing From Life
Picked up for pilot episode of an Amazon Prime horror anthology series.
available on AMAZON PRIME
Blood Brothers
starring Eric Roberts, Michael Pare and William McNamara
COMING SOON
Writing
feminist horror / folklore
feature script, 100 pages
cowriter Emmy-nominated Juefang Zhang
In collaboration with When Pigs Fly Studios
An ambitious filmmaker travels to the mystical Great Xing’an Range of Northeastern China, where a shamanic ritual to select the 'Mountain God's Wife' unfolds, only to discover she is marked as the next sacrifice.
Recently was selected for the Frontières Market at Fantasia Festival in Montreal.
Class Trip
coming of age comedy
feature script, 123 pages
Two quirky middle school girls determined to upgrade their social status before high school infiltrate the popular clique on an overnight field trip by promising a rendezvous with the dreamy local high school band, only to put everyone in peril with their desperate escapade.
Drawing From Life
period / supernatural horror
feature script, 100 pages
When Margaret, a painter in the year 1910, loses her husband, she will do anything to get him back.
The Contribution
social commentary horror
feature script, 96 pages
cowriter Patrick Meaney
Three ambitious cater waiters, chasing the Hollywood dream, take a job at a party in an isolated Hills mansion, but soon realize they have been targeted by the ruthless host, who wants their talents as part of her deadly scheme to overthrow large corporations by any means necessary.
Off the Grid
horror slasher comedy
feature script, 101 pages
cowriter Patrick Meaney
An older couple, both ex-marines, try to make the best of their retirement by vacationing at an AirBnB in the Hamptons, only to be terrorized by their dangerous, rager-throwing teenage hosts.
Left Behind
suspense thriller
feature script, 109 pages
cowriter Vikram Kale
A reclusive young painter struggles against the vengeful spirit of her stillborn twin who induces life-threatening nightmares in order to sabotage her aspirations and end her life.
Acting
“Every person in the fourteen-member cast has substantial vocal chops... Standout performances included [Amanda] Sonnenschein’s panicked Amy, and the reliably hilarious Beanie Feldstein...I don't think a single person left the theater truly dissatisfied.”
— COMPANY review
“You were so convincing as Juror 10, I was almost too scared to come up and talk to you after the show.“
— 12 ANGRY MEN Audience Member
“I was thoroughly impressed…Amanda Sonnenschein and Christine Treuhold had perfect comedic chemistry as Sara Jane Moore and Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, and their partner scenes kept the audience in stitches.”
— ASSASSINS review
As Amy in COMPANY
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
As Sarah Jane Moore in ASSASSINS
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
As Amy in COMPANY
As Sarah Jane Moore in ASSASSINS
As Amy in COMPANY
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
As Sarah Jane Moore in ASSASSINS
As Juror 10 in 12 ANGRY MEN
In YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY (world premiere)
In Action
