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Hire Amanda

Stories that move the needle. And rooms that won't forget.

Twenty-five years across acting, producing, and directing. 22 awards on Living UNDONE alone — Grand Jury at ETHOS, two Gold Tellys, Best Documentary in Dublin. Booked for keynotes, brand films, social-impact campaigns, and feature documentary direction.

Speaking Writing Directing Brand Partnership Consulting
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Track Record

22

Awards — incl. Grand Jury Award
2× Gold Telly · Dublin IFA · ATL DOC

3

Films in active development
Feature · Limited Series · Short

15+

International festivals
incl. ARFF Barcelona · DC Film Fest

Forbes · LA Weekly
Inc. Magazine

Press coverage earned,
not purchased

"There are enough beautiful films. I want to make necessary ones." — Amanda Kasmira “Kazzy” Cryer

Featured In
Forbes LA Weekly Inc. Magazine ScreenDaily Yahoo Finance Dread Central The Guardian Nigeria Telly Awards
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Email your project details — service type (speaking, writing, directing, brand, consulting), organization, date window, location, audience, and budget range — and Amanda's team replies within 2–3 business days.

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Featured Speaking Moments

Amanda speaks at global conferences, universities, and values-aligned brand events on documentary storytelling, social impact narratives, and the intersection of art and advocacy.

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What I'm booked for

Five ways we work together

Every engagement starts with a 30-minute call. Below are the five lanes — pick the closest fit and we'll shape the rest in conversation.

Service 01

Keynote Speaking

Investment: $5,000 – $50,000 + travel

Honorarium and pro-bono available for nonprofits and student events.

Talks on social-impact storytelling, narrative as systems change, resilience as a creative discipline, and what 25 years of independent filmmaking taught me about cutting through noise.

  • Conferences, summits, and corporate ESG events
  • University guest lectures and graduation addresses
  • Panels on documentary, women in film, criminal-legal reform
  • Custom workshops for foundations and impact teams
Range: $5,000 – $50,000 + travel
Honorarium and pro-bono available for nonprofits and student events.
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Service 02

Writing & Story Work

Investment: $1,500 – $25,000 / project

Bylines on retainer, ghost-writing for thought leaders, and screenplay/treatment consulting.

Twenty-five years writing across documentary, narrative, journalism, and advocacy. Bylines in Honeysuckle, Georgia Entertainment, Artist Weekly. Substack at mykazzy.substack.com.

  • Bylines, op-eds, and longform features (justice, women in film, narrative ethics)
  • Ghost-writing books, essays, and keynote scripts for founders & leaders
  • Screenplay & treatment consulting (doc and narrative)
  • Brand-voice and editorial strategy for mission-driven publishers
Range: $1,500 – $25,000 / project · retainer available
Sample clips and writing portfolio sent on request. Press-quality publications pitched directly.
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Service 03

Documentary Direction

Director-for-hire on commissioned long-form documentary. Strongest at intimate, character-driven stories about systems, marginalized voices, and the cost of silence.

  • Streaming platform commissions
  • Foundation- and brand-funded long-form
  • Co-production with values-aligned production companies
  • Limited-series and feature-length development
Range: $250,000 – $5M project
Slate available on request. 5 active projects: Inside Men (feature, dev), Casimir (feature, dev), Arcade City (feature, post), For The Love of Christ (feature, post), A Scene From Death Row (short, pre).
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Service 04

Brand Partnership

Brand ambassadorship and creative direction for values-aligned campaigns. Existing partnerships include GetBundi (Chief Global Ambassador), and advisory work across film, education, and justice spaces.

  • Brand ambassadorship for ESG-aligned brands
  • Creative direction on impact campaigns and brand films
  • Speaker-talent fusion (event + creative deliverables)
  • Talent endorsement and content licensing
Range: $25,000 – $250,000 + content deliverables
Selective. Brand alignment screening required before any partnership conversation.
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Service 05

Impact-Narrative Consulting

Strategic consulting on social-impact storytelling for foundations, nonprofits, and mission-driven companies. Trained under Dr. Monica Sharma (former UN Director, Capacity & Leadership Development).

  • Narrative strategy audits and brand-voice work
  • Workshop facilitation for impact teams
  • Funder-pitch and donor-narrative coaching
  • Co-development of campaign frameworks
Range: $5,000 – $50,000 / engagement
Half-day workshops, multi-week consulting, or ongoing advisory retainers.
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Recent Stages

Where Amanda has spoken & been honored

A selection of recent festival, gala, and academic stages.

ETHOS Film Festival ETHOS Film Festival ATL DOC ATL DOC World Culture Film Festival World Culture Film Festival IAOTP Annual Gala IAOTP Annual Gala Harvard Narrative Lab Harvard Narrative Lab Atlanta Underground Film Festival Atlanta Underground Film Festival ARFF Barcelona ARFF Barcelona The Telly Awards The Telly Awards

Why hire Amanda

Track record across awards, press, distribution, and institutional recognition — earned, not paid for.

22Awards on Living UNDONE
23Awards on Luz · Flower of Evil
2×Gold Telly Awards 2025
10M+YouTube Lifetime Views
2026Harvard Narrative Lab Cohort
For Speaker Bureaus

Signature Talks & Topics

Six framings I bring into rooms. Each customizable for the audience. Available as 20-min keynote, 45-min deep-dive, or 90-min workshop.

Stories That Refuse to Stay Quiet

How documentary works on the human nervous system — and why the films that change minds aren't the loudest, but the most specific.

20–90 minConferences · Universities · Media orgs

Resilience as a Creative Discipline

From homelessness and chronic illness to two Gold Tellys and a Harvard cohort. How the body learns to keep showing up — and what that teaches creative leaders.

20–90 minLeadership summits · Women in business · Mental health

Mass Incarceration Is a Storytelling Problem

What 600,000 people coming home every year actually need from the people writing about them. Lessons from filming Living UNDONE.

45–90 minCriminal justice · Policy · ESG/DEI events

Building a Production Company With Values

How to grow a media company aligned with mission without losing commercial viability. The Rewired Collective as case study.

20–45 minEntrepreneurship · Social enterprise · Film industry

Women, Voice, and the Industry That Almost Broke You

For audiences of women in entertainment, business, and creative leadership. The tactics, the costs, and the unfair math of staying.

20–90 minWomen's conferences · Entertainment industry

The Africa Story No One Is Telling

Drawn from Chief Global Ambassador work with GetBundi. Why the global development narrative is rooted in scarcity — and how it should be rooted in capability.

20–45 minEdTech · Global development · Philanthropy
What to expect

Engagement overview

A few common formats — and what to include in your note so the first reply can be useful.

Keynote

A single voice on the main stage — 20-min keynote, 45-min deep-dive, or graduation/commencement address. Tailored to the audience and the moment.

Panel

Moderated or contributing panelist on documentary, women in film, criminal-legal reform, or social-impact storytelling. Great for conferences and festival programming.

Half-Day Workshop

A 90-minute to half-day working session for impact teams, foundations, or cohorts — narrative strategy, funder-pitch coaching, or brand-voice development.

Virtual Appearance

Remote keynote, fireside chat, post-screening Q&A, or guest lecture by video — for audiences anywhere, without travel logistics.

Consulting

Multi-week or retained advisory on impact-narrative strategy, campaign frameworks, and donor storytelling for mission-driven organizations.

What to include in your inquiry

  • ▸Event date or window
  • ▸Audience size
  • ▸Format (keynote, panel, workshop, virtual)
  • ▸Topic or theme focus
  • ▸Location (or virtual)
  • ▸Budget range, if known
How it works

From inquiry to engagement

Most engagements run this path. We adjust as needed.

Inquiry

Send the form on this page or email. We aim to respond within 3 business days.

30-min Call

Free intro call to confirm fit, scope, timeline, and budget. No commitment either way.

Proposal

Within one week of the call: written scope, deliverables, fee, and travel/payment terms.

Booked

Signed agreement, deposit invoiced. We're in the room.

For Hosts

How to introduce Amanda

A 3-paragraph intro you can paste into your run-of-show. Click to copy.

Amanda Kasmira "Kazzy" Cryer is an award-winning filmmaker and CEO of The Rewired Collective. She is the director of Living UNDONE — a 26-minute documentary on mass incarceration that has won 22 international awards, including the Grand Jury Award at the ETHOS Film Festival, two Gold Telly Awards, and Best Documentary at the Dublin International Film Awards.

Her work spans 25 years across acting, producing, and directing — including executive-producing the Colombian feature Luz: The Flower of Evil, which won 23 awards across 63 international festivals. She has been featured in Forbes, LA Weekly, Inc. Magazine, and ScreenDaily, and was named IAOTP Top Social Impact Influencer of the Year in 2024. In 2026, she was selected for the Harvard Narrative Lab Creator Cohort.

She is also Chief Global Ambassador of GetBundi, an EdTech platform serving African youth, and serves on the advisory councils of the National Incarceration Association and the Global Youth Forum. Please join me in welcoming Amanda Kasmira “Kazzy” Cryer.

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