Biography
Amanda Marsalis is an American film director and photographer. She grew up in the East Bay area of San Francisco and later moved to St. Louis, Missouri. She studied photography at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
Marsalis began her career as a photographer, with work published in Vogue, GQ and The New York Times Magazine. Her directorial debut was the 2014 feature Echo Park. She has since directed multiple episodes of television series including six of Ozark (2018–2022), episodes of Westworld (2020), The Umbrella Academy (2019) and Invasion (2021).
In 2025 she directed several episodes of The Pitt, including the Emmy-nominated and DGA Award-winning episode "6:00 P.M.". She also directed two episodes of the 2026 series Cape Fear, on which she served as executive producer.
