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Amanda Marsalis is an American film director and photographer.[1]
Marsalis grew up in the East Bay of San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 or 13.[2]
Marsalis attended California College of Arts and Crafts where she studied with Larry Sultan, Chris Johnson, Susan Ciriclio and Jim Goldberg.[citation needed] Her works were published in Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine.[3]
Marsalis made her directorial debut with the film Echo Park starring Mamie Gummer and Tony Okungbowa.[1] She was referred to the producers by Rebecca Walker, an author with whom she had worked previously.[2] The film premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival.[3] It was acquired for distribution in 2016 by ARRAY.[4]
In 2015, Marsalis created a short documentary on Reese Witherspoon for Glamour when Witherspoon was honored with the Glamour Woman of the Year Award on the 25th anniversary of the event.[3]
Marsalis directed six episodes of the critically acclaimed[5] Netflix series Ozark, including four episodes of the final season.[6] In 2025, she directed four episodes of Max medical drama series The Pitt, including the second episode, and the critically acclaimed twelfth episode "6:00 P.M.", which dealt with the aftermath of a mass shooting.[7]
