
Dana St. Amand
Lighting
Dana St. Amand is a transgender filmmaker from Manhattan, Kansas. A graduate of the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, Dana has film experience in a variety of different skill sets including lighting, camera, art, editing, and VFX. Her short IT’S SURPRISINGLY HARD TO KILL A MAN! won Best Comedy at WILDSound festival, and her feature screenplay GUN was an official selection of the LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival and a semi-finalist at the Flickers’ RIIFF.
Known for
Behind the camera4
- 2026Radon’s Daughters Chief Lighting Technician, Visual Effects, Gaffer, Assistant Editor
- 2024Wait To Tell Mother Gaffer
- 2024It’s Surprisingly Hard to Kill a Man! Director, Writer, Producer
- TBABUG Director, Writer, Producer, Visual Effects, Carpenter


