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Amanda took over ownership of Nomad Films in 2023 after serving as Producer and Partner for 16 years. Successfully leveraging her diverse film and television experience that included running the Business Affairs and Marketing departments for some of Canada’s biggest drama and documentary production houses. Amanda has a passion for film and television, expertise in producing international coproductions, and her strengths lie in her ability to see projects through from the initial development of creative ideas all the way to the distribution of the final product. Handy has created and implemented several initiatives to position Nomad as a leading company in the film and television industry. Since joining Nomad Amanda has worked as a producer on the critically acclaimed documentaries When We Were Boys (Official Hot Docs and True False Film Festival Selections) and The Al Qaeda Code (Banff Rockie Award Nominee), as well as the ambitious 4 part documentary series Empire of the Word (Banff Rockie Award Nominee) as well as on Nomad’s first drama feature film, the Afghan based Act of Dishonour (Official Selection for the Edinburgh Festival). Amanda has most recently produced five seasons of Political Blind Date (TVO, CPAC and The Toronto Star), Company Town (CBC’s POV); Giraffes: The Forgotten Giants (CBC’s Nature of Things and PBS International) and the series, Yearbook (TVO).