Amber Sealey

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Amber Sealey is a British-American actress, film producer, screenwriter, and film director.

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Early life

Sealey was born in Brighton, England and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and studied Theater and Modern Dance. She attended the acclaimed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama.

In 1998 she moved to London where she worked with the acclaimed theatre collective, Shunt. In 2008 she moved to Los Angeles and began writing, directing, and producing her own feature films, which have screened in festivals internationally.

Career

Sealey is known as an actor in the feature films The Good Night and Big Nothing , [1] and the television series Attachments . [2] She also voiced many audio books, including How I Live Now , [3] Penny from Heaven , [4] and the acclaimed The Princess Diaries . [5] [6]

Sealey has directed the feature film A Plus D, which was distributed by IndiePix Films and Seed & Spark, [7] and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival to rave reviews. The Montreal Gazette said, “Amber Sealey’s lacerating cinéma verité… the acting is fearless.. See this film!” and “Fact and fiction are obliterated… edgy, anguished, funny… The acting is astonishing… I thought of Cassavetes, Winterbottom…”.

Her second film, How to Cheat, which was distributed by FilmBuff, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2011 [8] to positive reviews. Huffington Post said it was, “Amazing… laugh-out-loud hilarious… I really can’t speak highly enough about this movie”. [9] IndieWire said it was, “intriguing… defies expectations” and “Sealey manages to buck innumerable conventions, which makes her career worth tracking”. [10] [11]

No Light and No Land Anywhere, Sealey's third feature, premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival. [12] IndieWire said, “No Light and No Land Anywhere has the potential to further cement Sealey’s reputation as one of the most promising directors of female-driven stories working the U.S. today.” [13]

Sealey was selected for Film Independent's Directing Lab in 2013. [14] Amber was also selected for Film Independent's Fast Track program in 2013 [15] Sealey was selected to participate in Women In Film's 2017 Mentorship Program.

Sealey is an experienced acting coach who regularly works with directors and actors. She teaches a weekly Acting Class.

Personal life

Sealey currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ben Thoma, who works for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, [16] [17] and their two children.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Good Night Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Attachments Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ↑ How I Live Now. ISBN   0141806079.
  4. ↑ Penny From Heaven. Audible. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. ↑ The Princess Diaries:Third Time Lucky. ISBN   1405034114.
  6. ↑ "Book Results for Amber Rose Sealey". Amazon. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "A Plus D". Seed & Spark. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Olson, Mark (23 June 2011). "Movies Past, Present & Future". LA Times. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "LA Film Fest, Starring Silverlake". Huffington Post. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Kohn, Eric (19 June 2011). "LAFF REVIEW | Amber Sealey and Kent Osborne Make a Provocative Marital Drama in "How to Cheat"". Indiewire. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  11. ↑ Kohn, Eric (24 June 2011). "L.A. Film Fest FUTURES | "How to Cheat" Director Amber Sealey on Ditching the Script". Indiewire. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Bernstein, Paula. "Five Questions with Amber Sealey, Director of No Light and No Land Anywhere". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "11 Films We Cannot Wait to See at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival". Indiewire. June 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "EIGHT FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR 2013 DIRECTING LAB". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "FILM INDEPENDENT SELECTS 22 FILMMAKERS FOR FAST TRACK". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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