Amanda Eliasch was born in 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, where her father Anthony Cave Brown worked as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail, and later wrote several books on espionage and World War II.
14 Facts About Amanda Eliasch
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Amanda Eliasch is the daughter of film director Sidney Gilliat.
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Amanda Eliasch returned to England when she was six weeks old, and was brought up by her grandfather, film director Sidney Gilliat, who encouraged her with artistic pursuits.
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Amanda Eliasch is a graduate of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.
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From this book Eliasch started her own collection through photographing and entertaining many artists including Tracey Emin and Polly Morgan in her St Tropez home.
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Amanda Eliasch's photographs have appeared in Made by Indians, a book on Indian contemporary art curated by Fabrice Bouret, and Made by Brazilians, a book on Brazilian contemporary art curated by Fabrice Bouret.
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Amanda Eliasch exhibited artworks in July 2011 at the Leadapron Gallery, Los Angeles.
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Amanda Eliasch confronted her doppelganger, who was using her name to gatecrash parties.
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Since 2008, Amanda Eliasch has worked as the fashion editor for Genlux Magazine in Los Angeles.
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Amanda Eliasch was named Best Female Director at the Burbank Film Festival and won the most exceptional documentary award at the La Jolla Indie Fest.
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Amanda Eliasch was married to Johan Amanda Eliasch, chairman of Head, from 1988 to 2006; the couple has two sons.
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Amanda Eliasch has publicly defended her friend Charles Saatchi during his divorce proceedings with Nigella Lawson.
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Amanda Eliasch has been linked romantically with Sir Tim Rice since 2007 and plastic surgeon Jean-Louis Sebagh which ended in 2007.
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Amanda Eliasch decided to sell some of her belongings for charity in 2020, among them some Tally Ho chairs by artist Mark Brazier-Jones.