Amber Rose McNeill (he/him/hers) is a queer Australian Film Director, Intimacy Coordinator, and Editor based in Wisconsin. He graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres with highest honors, as well as a Minor in Jewish Studies, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her directing work centers around challenging social attitudes towards normative sexuality and traditional gender roles. Critiquing the role of violence in film and media is also a reoccurring focus. Encompassing a scope of practice that incorporates digital, 16mm, 8mm, video, polaroid, and sampled media within the genres of feminist horror, queer cinema, experimental documentary, and social commentary.

 Amber Rose has been a specialised Intimacy Coordinator since 2017 with a focus in queer cinema, the horror genre, and scenes that deal with elements of violence. As a survivor herself, it is of particular importance to her that cinematic violence is filmed in a safe way with the support and guidance of an Intimacy Coordinator. Amber Rose has an educational background in Speech, Language, Psychology, and Criminology which has provided the foundational tools to approach these types of intimate scenes with professionalism, knowledge, and sensitivity. Being a queer, femme presenting, bigender artist also informs her ability to approach queer intimacy with experience and integrity. Her previous work as a 1st AD on indie films has informed Amber’s sense of how integral safety is for everyone onset, which translates very well to Intimacy Coordination. An early background in ballet and acting allows her to have a deep understanding for choreography, movement, and the actor’s experience.

Amber Rose is the Founder, Festival Director, and Lead Programmer of Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival (miff.) which highlights the work of underrepresented voice in film and video; creating a space for filmmakers who are queer, trans, non-binary, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI, POC, Jewish, femme, fat, neurodivergent, disabled and/or any intersection of historically marginalized communities.

 Amber Rose’s films have screened both nationally and internationally at Portland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival, Joburg Underground Film Festival, Les Mains Gauches - Queer Feminist Film Festival, and Milwaukee Underground Film Festival.