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Andrew Amani

Andrew Amani

Creative Director at Bellamani Productions
Director and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
March 2018
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About Andrew

Andrew Amani is a festival winning screenwriter and director. He completed 2 feature length screenplays and over a dozen shorts. He has developed his craft through the tutelage of UCLA Extension, Corey Mandell, Los Angeles, Community College, Los Angeles Valley College, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Groundlings and received his Master Certificate in Screenwriting from ScreenwritingU.

Gender:
Male

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  • Clowns in the Kitchen

    Clowns in the Kitchen Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy When a wanna-be guru chef has the opportunity of a lifetime to change his life by by developing a new cooking show, he finds instead of his life-long dream coming true it's actually a nightmare experience that he can't escape from. 

  • Magic Skate

    Magic Skate Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy When the owner of a dilapidated skating rink accidentally discovers his hand-me-down skates have powers that turn him into a martial arts super-hero, he finds that in order to save his family owned business, he must first help the struggling community who have shunned him for decades.

  • Ethereality

    Ethereality Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi Free from the shackles of a singular and linear narrative, Ethereality is a series of four interactive chronicles where each story parallels each other and focuses on a specific character's perspective around the central dramatic conflict. The Ozaria Chronicles:As the last remaining bloodline of her family, the Empress (Prime Lady Hanai Ozaria) must find a way to preserve her monarchy before she succumbs to mortality. The Xevanton Chronicles: When an idealistic philanthropist (Ori Xevanton) inherits his father’s biotech empire, his beliefs are challenged as he gets lured into the agenda of the company’s core philosophy which goes against everything he stands for. The Lasaker Chronicles: When a neuroscientist (Bishop Lasaker) has his revolutionary technology stolen and his memory erased, he gets ensnared in an underground rebellion and subconsciously leads the resistance against the global totalitarian regime that was built on his invention. The Seluvaia Chronicles: When her indigenous tribe is wiped out in the name of progress, this lone survivor (Seluvaia) tries to reestablish her heritage among a modern society but discovers that progress is more than a name - its her illegitimate father, Ori Xevanton.

  • The Hostess

    The Hostess Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror When a retired battlefield nurse posts a room for rent, she has her hands full when a vagrant and her friends tries to force her out of her own home.

  • The Reporter

    The Reporter Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery An unscrupulous reporter, who is desperate to get ahead, finds that she may cross one too many lines in order to do so when she investigates a mysterious hit-n-run accident where the person doing the time is not the person who was seen driving the vehicle.

  • The Revenant

    The Revenant Budget: $0 - $100K | Fantasy ⋄ Western A roadside diner waitress is called upon to uphold an ancestral lineage and rid the world of overpopulated vampires.

  • No Good Deed

    No Good Deed Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama A loner police officer becomes empathetic towards an out of luck homeless person and helps him get his life back together but they soon find truth to the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished.

  • Sweet Child of Mine

    Sweet Child of Mine Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama When a couple anguishes over the loss of their child to an abductor, they cope with their vacancy by adopting. In doing so, they are rewarded with the greatest gift of a new beginning.

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  • Screencraft Filmfund Quarterfinalist - Undeveloped Screenplay - "Ethereality"
    (2019)

  • Upright Citizens Brigade - Diversity Scholarship Recipient
    (2019)

  • Monkey Bread Tree Film Festival - Best Technique (nomination) Undeveloped Screenplay - "Ethereality"
    (2018)

  • Los Angeles Film & Script Festival - Best Student Film - "Sumtin' Like 'Dat"
    (2015)

  • Big Bear Lake International Film Festival - Official Selection - "Sumtin' Like 'Dat"
    (2012)

  • LA Stage Alliance - Ovation Honors Awards - Best Fight Choreography - "Hearts Like Fists"
    (2012)

  • LA Weekly Theater Award - Best Fight Choreography - "Hearts Like Fists"
    (2012)

  • LA Weekly Theater Award - Best Production Design - '"Stoneface"
    (2012)

  • LA Weekly Theater Award - Production of the Year - '"Stoneface"
    (2012)

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