Amanda Lyn Cullen
- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Born Amanda Lyn Toan in Clearwater,FL. Amanda moved when she was 2
years old with her family to southern, Indiana where she lived for 19
years before moving back to Florida, this time to the Ocala region.
This move however was short due to some unfortunate circumstances and
she was forced to move back home to Evansville, Indiana. Amanda found
her love for film and theatre at a young age and dreamed being on the
stage or the big screen. She began her career when she was 14 years old
where she auditioned for a high school musical called Bye Bye Birdie. A
high school she would later attend and graduate at. Pursuing theatre
throughout her high school career she also pursued her interest in
music with the high school's marching and concert bands. After high
school she attended Ivy Tech in Evansville, IN where she is currently
pursuing online her Associate of Arts. She stopped her theatre career
for the first couple years in college till an opportunity in a theatre
class presented itself. Ivy Tech's association with the Evansville
Civic Theatre brought her once again back to the stage with her first
production of the old time Christmas classic, "It's A Wonderful Life".
This was no ordinary version of the classic because it was actually the
Radio Play version and Amanda was honored to play one of the stars of
Radio Play's, the Foley Artist. Her career with Evansville Civic
Theatre went on with the play "Noises Off" and most recently the
musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" where she graced
the Lincoln Amphitheatre stage as Dan's Wife and an Egyptian Dancer.
During that time she also started her film career! Taking on a project
with Director Jakob Bilinski with Cinephreak Pictures in his feature
film "Three Tears on Bloostained Flesh" (post-production) where she was
an actor and Production Assistant. There she met fellow Director Lewis
D. Chaney, co-founder of KeyChain Productions where he offered her the
position of Properties Manager as well as Production Assistant on their
music video "Nightwatch" by singer Mina Fedora. Amanda is currently
residing in Evansville, Indiana (as of November,2012) and is once again
active in the film and theatre world working on many projects and still
attending Ivy Tech and later plans to transfer to the University of
Southern Indiana to pursue her Bachelor's in Film and Theatre and also
Minor in Journalism.