Prior to founding Arsenic, Amanda Micallef spent 12 years in Los Angeles as a producer of over 20 films, music videos, and commercial productions, where she was responsible for all aspects of projects from inception through distribution. Micallef is a board member of Jamak (the largest privately owned silicone manufacturing company in the nation with offices in the U.S., U.K., China, and Hong Kong,) Reata Restaurant Management Group, as well as four other boards with holdings in real estate, manufacturing, and automotive.
Micallef also has extensive social media experience having grown a digital magazine to an Instagram following of over 1 million on Instagram, outpacing legacy brands such as Vanity Fair, Vice People, Maxim, GQ, Esquire, and others, as well as Snapchat engagement seven times that of her Instagram. She's a member of the Producer's Council of the Producers Guild of America and Women in Film.
She shares some of her wild moments from the movie industry and how she went from working on films to creating Arsenic and ultimately leaving LA to return to Texas.