Amanda Lipp is an award-winning filmmaker, editor, and cinematographer focused on mental health projects. She has created over 100 short films with clients around the U.S. - ranging from university clinics, large healthcare nonprofits, to social entrepreneurs. Latest clients have included Columbia Psychiatry, Sutter Health, and Stanford Medicine. Amanda's own lived experience going through the mental health care system drives her passion and values connecting with people and systems. Her films have been used in research studies around psychosis stigma reduction, and used in digital advertising campaigns in New York City to promote mental health awareness. Amanda taught herself filmmaking while getting her B.S. in Human Development at UC Davis. She then went abroad to study Documentary Film at Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more about Amanda's process.
Clients have included:
NYC Youth Psychosis Program
A short series with OnTrackNY within Columbia University Medical Center. These films showcase young people’s stories of mental health recovery.
Learn MoreTeens & Digital Wellness
A short series with Technology and Adolescent Mental Wellness program (TAM) led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Pediatrics. These films showcase youth and researchers tackling the intersection of teens, tech, and wellness.
Learn MoreReBuilding Butte: A Short Documentary
This film follows a heartfelt tiny house building project in response to the deadliest fire in California history in 2018 – The Camp Fire – that destroyed Paradise and surrounding Butte County communities.
Learn MoreFilm Gallery
Art & Recreation Therapy
Here’s how I started and some interviews I’ve done:.
My Filmmaking Process
Learn MoreBlogs
When We Listen and Engage, We Begin to See Change
We all sat around the table, having met each other only moments before. There were 14 of us from states[...]
America’s Fractured Mental Healthcare System Amidst the New Norm
About one in five US adults cannot afford the mental healthcare they need, a grim reality exacerbated by COVID-19 and[...]
How it started: Rebuilding Butte Short Documentary
When I first heard about the tiny home building project to help California fire survivors, I signed up to volunteer[...]
Drew’s Story With Schizophrenia
Drew was studying media and film at Bronx Community College when he first experienced the symptoms. He was hearing things[...]