Amanda Palmer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amanda Palmer
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	May 17, 1976(1976-05-17)
Age	48
Birthplace	Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Taurus

Amanda Palmer Biography

Amanda Palmer is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on May 17, 1976 in Australia, Australia. Amanda Palmer (born 1976) is an Australian-English media and film executive and international journalist, whose 18-year-career in film and media entertainment, content creation and entertainment platforms has spanned Australia, Britain, United States and the Middle East.

The festival was a cultural partnership with Tribeca Enterprises which she managed from 2007 and launched with the first festival in 2009. More than 5,000 guests watched the opening night film and 50,000 local and international attendees over the five-day festival event, an unprecedented success in Qatar for this kind of film event.

Palmer served as the Executive Director of Doha Film Institute (DFI), an organisation she set up on behalf of Qatar’s Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, as well as running the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) from 2009 to 2012.

At Doha Film Institute, Palmer set up and managed the Film Financing Division that supported over 70 local, regional and international films including Qatar’s first international co-production Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black Gold starring Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong which was number one in the UAE box office in 2011. Palmer oversaw DFI’s co-productions on additional projects including Salma Hayek and Participant Media’s feature adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet; Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which opened the 2012 Venice Film Festival and played at festivals in Toronto, London and Doha; Kanye West’s Cruel Summer “seven screens” installation which premiered at Cannes in 2012 — filmed entirely in Qatar, including 100 local extras and featuring Qatar’s first woman in a lead role, a media student credited as ‘Sara’; and acclaimed Lebanese director, Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack — screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and many other films which were set for release in 2013.

From 2006 to 2011 Palmer was also Head of Entertainment at Al Jazeera English and created, produced and presented flagship programs, including the cultural travel series “48” and flagship specialist film program, The Fabulous Picture Show, which was still broadcast in 2012 to global audiences.

Amanda Palmer Net Worth

Amanda Palmer is one of the richest Journalist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amanda Palmer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1996, Palmer was among ten global journalists selected to take part of CNN’s prestigious International Professional Program based at the Atlanta headquarters for two months, launching her foray into global content and international journalism.

Shortly after, Palmer relocated to London to pursue her international career, first joining CNN London’s Business International, then The Music Room. Shortly after, she also earned the coveted role as European bureau chief and foreign correspondent based in London for Seven Network in 2001, producing daily news and current affairs and travelled to the US to cover events shortly after the September 11 attacks in New York City. Palmer joined Associated Press Television in 2003, during the coverage of the second Iraq War. In 2005, she joined Al Jazeera English as Head of Entertainment and went on to create, produce and direct the flagship international feature programs, The Fabulous Picture Show and the popular cultural travel series, 48, which saw her produce specialist programming from 16 countries, including Syria, Chad, and Bosnia, and was broadcast regularly to millions of global viewers.

In April 2007, Palmer was asked to assist Qatar to develop a film festival and film industry, based on educating, training and inspiring local film culture and contribute to the building of Qatar’s long term film industry, playing a role similar to that of Qatar-created media channel, Al Jazeera, which had become instrumental in building an independent broadcaster for the Arab world ten years earlier.

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Palmer led this endeavour, with the festival attracting 5,000 people on opening night. Shortly after, Palmer spearhead the building of Qatar’s first international independent cultural organization dedicated to film, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) founded and chaired by Sheikha Al Mayassa, which was officially launched in May 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival alongside an ambitious commitment to fund Arab films, which included regional grants for award-winning Middle Eastern films: Hawi (Ibrahim El Batout), A Man of Honour (Jean Claude Codsi) and Where Do We Go Now? (Nadine Labaki).

Facts & Trivia

Amanda Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Amanda Palmer celebrates birthday on May 17 of every year.

Are Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman still married?

This one is a breakup that wasn’t: in May 2020, musician Amanda Palmer took to Patreon to announce the apparent end of her marriage to fantasy author Neil Gaiman, but the split was short lived and they’re (probably) happily back together now.

Why did Neil Gaiman leave Amanda Palmer?

Gaiman later said that the couple was not splitting up, they just weren’t having a good time of isolating together and that was putting a strain on their relationship. The couple is now self-isolating on different continents.

Who is Amanda Palmer's father?

Jack Palmer

What genre is Amanda Palmer?

Alternative/Indie

Have Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman split up?

After nine months as a single parent, almost completely alone in Havelock North, American artist Amanda Palmer has reunited with English author Neil Gaiman. The couple split last year , resulting in Gaiman jetting to Scotland while Palmer and their son stayed in Hawke’s Bay.