PRESIDENT / PRODUCER
AMANDA PILEGGI (she/her) is a Toronto-based film and television producer.
While leading production and business affairs at Collective Pictures (Jeff Chan and Robbie Amell), she produced Racewalkers (2025, Slamdance Unstoppable Grand Jury Prize), co-produced Code 8: Part II (2024, Netflix #1 globally) and associate produced Float (2023, Wattpad Studios, Lionsgate, Elevation Pictures).
Previous roles include work with Shaftesbury (Granville Girls), Temple Street / Boat Rocker (Killjoys, Cavendish, Dino Ranch, Vintage Tech Hunters), international sales at Celluloid Dreams (The Painted Bird, Babyteeth), and Head of Development at Archipelago Productions, where she championed Content Farm (CBC Gem). Amanda has also produced numerous short films that have appeared at festivals internationally.
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Amanda is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre Producer Lab, the National Screen Institute × EAVE Producer Program, Academy of Canadian Film and Television Executive Residency, and the TIFF Series Accelerator, where she received the Share Her Journey Fellowship.
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She began her career at Luminato, TIFF, Regent Park Film Festival, and producing community citizenship ceremonies across Canada. As a youngin, she sailed traditionally-rigged tallships around the Great Lakes, and finds a similar sense of adventure and chaos in the world of production.
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Amanda lives with koumpounophobia. You may still see her (suffering) wearing buttons, because facing your fears is all you can really do before you die.