about

Amanda Blake is a lens-based artist, writer, and cultural worker with her Honours BFA in Film Production and Creative Writing at Simon Fraser University. She humbly works on the unceded ancestral territories of the Coast Salish peoples, otherwise known as Vancouver, BC.

Her creative work explores nuanced, socially relevant topics, often in the form of hybrid documentary, experimental, and narrative dramas. She is most interested in human-centered stories. Her work has been screened and published in both national and international venues and presses.

In her professional career, she has found a foothold in the Vancouver arts community in administrative and management roles. As a self-proclaimed jane-of-all-trades, she has filled a variety of roles from festival management, fundraising, box office, and so much more. Historically, she has worked with The Chutzpah! Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Inlet Theatre, The Cinematheque, and Still Moon Arts Society. Currently, she holds the position Events Operations Coordinator with Outback Team Building & Training.

When not creating words, images, or spreadsheets, she can be found playing various role-playing board or video games, running outrageous distances, or petting her well-deserving pup Juno.

Photo by Clementine Lesley (16mm, 2023).