B. 1990, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
[EDUCATION]
2015-2018, Master of Fine Art, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2008- 2012, Bachelor of Fine Art, Fine Art, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University, Medford
[AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES]
Award for Best Music Video, Fest Anča, Slovenia, 2024
Body and Place Residency, Bristol UK, June 2024
Arts Letters and Numbers Residency, NY, February 2024
Oscar Nomination, My Year of Dicks, Animator/Animation Director, 2023
Award for Best Commissioned Animation, Animest Romania, Winner, 2023
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Poster Design, 2021
GLAS Animation Grant, 2019
The Animation Guild Award for Best Student Film, OIAF, 2018
Princess Grace Foundation USA, Professional Development Grant, 2018
Princess Grace Foundation USA, Honorarium in Film, NYC, 2018
Jules Engel Award, MFA scholarship from CalArts, 2017
Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival , Best Animated Film, 2017
Venice Film Week, Best Animated Short Film, 2017
Primanima, Best Student Film, Budaörs, Hungary, 2016
Boston Short Film Festival, Best Animated Short Film, Boston, MA, 2016
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist Grant in Film and Video, 2013
St. Botolph Grant Foundation, Emerging Artist Award, 2013
Gamli Skoli, Hrisey, Iceland, Artist Residency, February 2013
SMFA Film Annual Screening, best in show, MFA, Boston, 2012
Springborn Fellowship Recipient, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2010
President's Research Award, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2010
[SELECT PRESS]
Edge of Frame, Artist interview, 2024
Evergreen Review, Artist Interview, 2024
Great Women Animators, Feature, 2023
OIAF, Guide to Schools Interview, 2022
It’s Nice That, Butterfly 3000 Video Premiere, Interview, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, 2021
Girls in Film, ‘Shanghai’, Written Feature, Interview 2021
Good Moves, ‘Shanghai’, Video Feature, 2021
The New Yorker, Noble Planta, Animation Director, Documentary Short Feature/Written Feature, 2021
Zippy Frames, ‘Shanghai, Written Feature, Interview 2021
Straight Ahead, Podcast Interview, 2021
Animation Nights New York, Podcast Interview, 2021
Vimeo, Studio Tour, Interview, 2020
It’s Nice That, Chocolate Moon, Article, 2021
It’s Nice That, Toughest Man, Article, 2019
Animated Storytelling, Printed Book, Liz Blazer, 2019
NPR, ‘No Reason’ Music Video Premiere and Written Feature, 2018
‘Shut Up and Listen’, Artist Written Interview, 10th Issue, Bloomington, Indiana 2018
Ottawa International Animation Festival Award Winners, ‘Hedge’ feature, 2018
Girls in Film, ‘Annihilation Song’ Written Feature, 2018
Good Moves, ‘Annihilation Song’ Feature, 2018
Pick of the day, Cartoon Brew, Batfish Soup, Annihilation Song by Amid Amidi, 2017, 2018
Short video for Breakfast, Batfish Soup, Collator.al, by Giulia Pacciardi, 2017
Culture, Diario Registrad, Batfish Soup, from the Written Daily Newspaper, 2017
The Short of the Day, Bant. Mag, Batfish Soup, 2017
OUR PICKS: Batfish Soup by Amanda Bonaiuto, Show Me The Animation, 2017
Animation Feature, TV Booooooom, Batfish Soup, 2017
Animation Magazine, Batfish Soup, 2017
[SELECT FESTIVALS]
London International Animation Festival, UK, 2024
New Chitose International Animation Festival, Japan, 2024
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada, September, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024
Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2024
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival, Armenia, 2024
Daydream Nation, Glasgow, 2024
Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovania, 2024
SERATO ANIMATO, Italy, 2024
Kino Fest Anča: BEST OF 224, National distribution screening pack in Slovakia, 2024/25
Ottawa International Animation Festival, “Confetti” World Premiere, 2024
BENTA, Experimental Animation Screening, Istanbul, 2024
Festival Francophone Short Films, Harlem, 2024
Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, 2024
Animest, Bucharest, Romania, 2023, 2024
Screen Street, New York, 2023
Sweaty Eyeballs, Animation Retrospective, Buffalo NY, 2023
Animation Tandem, Featuring Amanda Bonaiuto and Amy Lockhart, Kingston NY, 2023
Slamdance, Park City, Utah, January, 2017, 2019
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, June, 2017, 2019, 2023
Fest Anca, Slovakia, June 29-July 2, 2017
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, AUS, June, 2017
Chicago Underground Film Festival, May 31-June 4, 2017
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, CA, May 24-28, 2017
Pictoplasma, Berlin, May 10-14, 2017
IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal, May 3-14, 2017
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, May 2-7, 2017
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, April 4-9, 2017
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands, March 22-26, 2017
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, March 21-26, 2017
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria, March 15-19, 2017
GLAS, Berkeley, CA, March 2-5, 2017
Skylab Gallery, Malt Adult Animation, Columbus, Ohio, January 29, 2017
South London Shorts, London, January 2, 2017
London International Animation Festival, UK, December 2-11, 2016
Grafixx, Antwerp, BE, November 24-26, 2016
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland, November 22-27, 2016
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, November 16-20, 2016
ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia, October 28-November 3, 2016
PRIMANIMA, Budaörs, Hungary, October 19-22, 2016
Boston Short Film Festival, October 10-13, 2016
LINOLEUM International Festival of Animation, Kiev, Ukraine, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2016
Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris, France, September 20-26, 2016
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase, REDCAT, April 28, 2016