Amandine Thomas

Amandine Thomas is a French-American director, writer and editor whose latest short film, Albatross, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. She is one half of THUMPER, a creative duo with Gerardo Coello Escalante. Their short film Viaje de Negocios premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, and their follow-up, SUSANA, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. She recently released a documentary short called hello beautiful please follow back. Learm more at her website.

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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing, Except for When I Do

Film

By Amandine Thomas | March 16, 2026

I Don’t Know What I’m Doing, Except for When I Do

Amandine Thomas, writer-director of the Sundance 2026 short Albatross, on how her superpower of learning has got her to where she is now.