Amanda Jane Stern

Amanda Jane Stern is a writer actor and producer from New York City She started acting at 9yearsold when she was cast as a Shakespeare reciting Brownie Scout girl in the bizarre comedy Martin and Orloff She continued to act through her childhood and teen years She took off from acting to attend Brandeis University where she received a BA in Film Television and Interactive Media and Theater Arts While at Brandeis she discovered her passion for writing and directing as well Her senior thesis Coerced A Documentary Play was featured on NPR The play told the story of a teenage girl who was illegally interrogated by police and coerced into a murder confession After graduating she jumped right back into the industry booking a supporting role in the Lifetime TV movie Amish Witches The True Story of Holmes County and directing the 9episode musicalcomedy web series In Retrospect She wrote produced and starred in the erotic thriller Perfectly Good Moment The film follows the toxic relationship between 27yearold Ruby and 42yearold David The film also stars Broadways Stephen Carlile and was directed by Lauren Greenhall in her narrative feature film debut