"Amadeus is a wonder."
Faryl Amadeus is a director, writer, and producer living in Los Angeles. A native New Yorker (adopted and shipped from Kentucky, like a box of whiskey,) she most recently worked on season 2 of HBO’s The Rehearsal. Past collaborations with Julie Taymor and Lynne Ramsay ushered Faryl to directing.
After receiving a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Faryl created, wrote, directed, and starred in the cult TV show, FANCY NANCY’S FUNNY HOUR, and was featured as one of Paper Magazine's “Most Beautiful People”.
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Faryl’s debut short, MARY MEET GRACE won Best Film at the Yucca Valley Film Festival, Best Film at the Adoptee Film Festival, Best Thriller at the Hallucinea film festival, Outstanding Cinematography at Salute Your Short Film Festival, and the audience award at the Topaz film festival.
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Her follow up film, ANY SIGN AT ALL, shot on 16mm, won the Kodak award at the Salute Your Shorts Film Festival and Best Actor at the Hill Country Film Festival.
As her third and fourth short films WHEN IT'S HARD and MAN IN MOTEL are currently gearing up to hit the festival circuit. Faryl is in preproduction on her debut feature, PALE in addition to multiple television series projects.
Faryl is a Spielberg Fellow, Scholastic Golden Key Award-Winner, and Grand Prize Winner of Aspen Films’ Independent By Nature Contest. Films by Faryl Amadeus orbit themes of family, isolation, and intense longing.
