Amy Bench
Amy Bench is a filmmaker and cinematographer who is drawn to the immediacy of film and photography to tell stories of community and resilience. Her film More Than I Want to Remember, premiered at SXSW in 2022, won top awards at Tribeca and Hot Docs, the NAACP Image Award, and was Shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards. The film is released by Paramount Plus. Most recently, she directed Breaking Silence with co-director Annie Silverstein, about the intersections of Deafness and criminal justice. The film has won several festival awards, qualified for 2024 Oscar consideration, and is available on PBS.