Amber Sharp(I)

Amber Sharp is an American Writer, Director and owner of A.Sharp Productions. While studying English and African American Studies in college, the budding writer/director decided to share her daydreams with the world by becoming a filmmaker. To master her craft, she enrolled and graduated from the USC School of Cinema. Sharp's USC thesis film, "Triple Minority," has been an audience favorite at numerous film festivals, including the 2006 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, 2006 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and Frameline 30: San Francisco International Film Festival. The film was awarded the audience award of Best Female Short Film in both the 2006 Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Sacramento International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The film was also awarded the Best Narrative International Lesbian Short in the 2006 Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival. The film premiered on MTV's LOGO cable channel and appeared on the web as part of The Click List: Best In Short Films on logotv.com. Wolfe video, the leading distributor of gay and lesbian film, distributed Triple Minority as part of their 2007 She Likes Girls 2 compilation DVD.

Since graduating from USC, Sharp has worked with such industry heavyweights as Patrick Ian Polk ("Noah's Arc"), Kasey Lemmons ("Caveman's Valentine"), Edmonds Entertainment, and Debbie Allen ("Fame"). As the principal of A.Sharp Productions, she built on her industry experience as she produced her original television pilot, "Don't Go," which received the Best Director Award in the Oakland Black LGBT Film Festival and became a fan favorite at film festivals around the world. In 2017, Amber wrote and directed her debut feature film "Quiet as Kept," which won Best Narrative Feature, Best Actress (Dalila Ali Rajah), Best Honorary Acting Talent (Jensen Atwood), and nominated for Best Filmmaker and Best Production Design in the Americans Rainbow Film Festival. Sharp is now venturing into her second television pilot, "Dimensional Shift."