Amanda Feilding

Amanda Feilding is one of those figures who is impossible to file under a single label, and I find that genuinely compelling. An English aristocrat who became an artist, then spent decades as a relentless drug-policy reformer and research backer. Founding the Beckley Foundation in 1998 to push serious neuroscience on psychedelics was, frankly, ahead of its time, and a lot of today's clinical research owes her a debt. Her early film work titled Heartbeat in the Brain is not for the faint of heart, but it fits the pattern of someone willing to put herself on the line for her convictions. I respect that single-mindedness, even where it unsettles.

Name (English)

Amanda Feilding

Name (Japanese)

アマンダ・フェイルディング

Reading

あまんだ・ふぇいるでぃんぐ

Born

January 30, 1943 (age 83)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Occupation

artist / scientist / film director / aristocrat / social activist

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• artist
• scientist
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.