Amanda Scheer Demme
| Amanda Demme | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Amanda Scheer Washington, DC |
| Residence |
Los Angeles, California New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Occupation | Photographer, creative director, nightlife producer, music supervisor, label owner, artist manager |
| Home town | Potomac, Maryland, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Ted Demme (1994–2002; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | http://amandademme.com/ |
Amanda Scheer Demme is an American photographer and creative director. Previously a music supervisor, label owner, and artist manager, she is best known as a nightlife producer. Demme was described by The Los Angeles Times as an "expert at 'building a room,' choosing a precise mix of guests, sculpting space with light and shadow, and cultivating a mood something akin to performance art." She conceptualized and shot the award-winning #theemptychair image for New York Magazine's 2015 cover story "Bill Cosby: The Women."
Demme served as the music supervisor for more than 40 films and television shows, including Mean Girls, Garden State, Judgment Night and Blow. Her first solo show as a photographer took place in Venice, California in May 2013.
Demme was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Potomac, Maryland. She began playing tennis at 8, and played competitively into college as a member of Boston University's tennis team. She graduated from BU in 1985 with a degree in food and hotel administration.
At 21, Demme moved to New York City, where she worked as a doorgirl at The World. In the late 1980s, after working for the New Music Seminar, Sleeping Bag Records, and in the hip-hop department at Arista Records, Demme began promoting underground hip hop shows at Carwash, a club she created at an abandoned Lower East Side high school. At Carwash, she held DJ and MC contests and booked then-new artists and rap acts, including KRS-One, Leaders of the New School, Afrika Bambaataa, Digital Underground.
Demme moved to Los Angeles in 1993 after meeting Happy Walters, with whom she founded Buzztone Management and later Immortal Records. In addition to the overall management of the company, she served as Immortal's creative director and in an a&r capacity. Through Buzztone, she and Walters managed artists including Cypress Hill, House of Pain, and Pop's Cool Love, who were notably featured on the first-ever MTV Unplugged episode of Yo! MTV Raps.
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