Amanda Jane Stern

Acting

Amanda Jane Stern

New York City, New York

Amanda Jane Stern is a writer, actor, and producer from New York City. She started acting at 9-years-old when she was cast as a Shakespeare reciting Brownie Scout girl in the bizarre comedy, "Martin and Orloff." She continued to act through her childhood and teen years. She took off from acting to attend Brandeis University, where she received a BA in Film, Television and Interactive Media and Theater Arts. While at Brandeis, she discovered her passion for writing and directing as well. Her senior thesis, "Coerced: A Documentary Play," was featured on NPR. The play told the story of a teenage girl who was illegally interrogated by police and coerced into a murder confession. After graduating, she jumped right back into the industry booking a supporting role in the Lifetime TV movie, "Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County," and directing the 9-episode, musical-comedy web series, "In Retrospect." She wrote, produced, and starred in the erotic thriller "Perfectly Good Moment." The film follows the toxic relationship between 27-year-old Ruby and 42-year-old David. The film also stars Broadway's Stephen Carlile and was directed by Lauren Greenhall in her narrative feature film debut.

Acting credits

Martin & Orloff poster
5.5

This is the story of a marketing man and his shrink. A suicide attempt and a softball game; A PHD-toting stripper and a deranged Desert Storm vet; A giant sparerib costume and the world's largest peenis; John Woo-style violence and Steel Magnolia-esque pathos. This is the story of Martin & Orloff.

Martin & Orloff

2002

Friends Not Food poster
NR

A Manhattan spin strategist inherits a wayward farm sanctuary in Florida, and must rally a cast of cast offs to rescue the one place still rooting for the underdogs.

Friends Not Food

Perfectly Good Moment poster
6.0

Ruby and David have been on-and-off for 8 years. Six months after Ruby last ran out on him, she has returned. But Ruby has more in store than just a reunion.

Perfectly Good Moment

2023

The Tollbooth poster
3.5

A coming-of-age comedy about a young woman who rebels against her Jewish-American family.

The Tollbooth

2004

Bully poster
5.9

A coming-of-age comedy about Jimmy, a quiet, heavy-set high school kid who is constantly tormented by the resident school bully Miles and his cronies. After an altercation on his way home from school lands him a chance meeting with former professional boxer "Action" Jackson and trainer Manny, Jimmy decides to learn how to fight back.

Bully

2018

The Incoherents poster
5.5

Four forty-somethings each mired in some sort of mid life malaise reunite their 90's indie rock band.

The Incoherents

2019

A Brooklyn Love Story poster
NR

A longtime family-owned business gets pressured to sell to gentrify the neighborhood until a local loving mobster concocts a crazy plan to save the day, clearing the way for two people searching for love to find their everlasting. Set against the colorful backdrop of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge, this romantic comedy brings two love stories—one straight and one queer—to the screen, showcasing the power of connection, family, and community.

A Brooklyn Love Story

2024

The Lost Weekend poster
NR

After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by his charismatic best friend, Rufus, Charlie meets the charmingly complicated Maggie Mae. Quickly learning the differences between expectations and reality, Charlie's forced to confront the challenges of maintaining a relationship in the digital age. In an era where everyone's connected, Charlie's never felt more apart.

The Lost Weekend

2019

1 Angry Black Man poster
3.0

Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American Literature class with his favorite professor. But today, Mike is feeling sadness. He's feeling isolated. He's feeling Angry.

1 Angry Black Man

2019

Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County poster
4.5

A television reality crew has arrived in town to document facts about an isolated Amish sect. Filming is interrupted when the grandmother of their host family, a shunned witch, dies and is denied a Christian burial. When paranormal activities begin to plague the family, they ask the crew to document it. But they never foresee the dangers that the spirits have in store for them.

Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County

2016

Martin Eden poster
NR

The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.

Martin Eden

2023

Behind the camera