E. Amato (she/her/hers) is a bad capitalist curious about radical consent and wild inclusion. E. Amato’s writing celebrates subcultures, especially youth subcultures, in bold narratives told through the gaze of multi-dimensional women characters. Her grounded SciFi pilot Majority Rules is a Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Genre Winner and a Semifinalist for The Writers Lab. She is the editor of Judith Weston’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Directing Actors.
She earned a BFA in Film from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a Certificate in Directing from the American Film Institute. Hit by a drunk driver at the end of her first year at the AFI, she began a lifetime engagement with chronic pain and decreasing mobility. Despite these challenges, E. Amato continued and deepened her creative work, production work as a script supervisor on over 20 indie features, and her community work with foster youth and youth poets. E. Amato has three published poetry collections, produced and performed in consecutive 5-star shows at the Festival Fringe Edinburgh, and spent years as a touring poet.
Majority Rules Sci-fi ⋄ Drama In a future governed by a draconian system that indentures youth to take care of the ageing super rich, a demure but desperate rule-follower warily joins her friends in the struggle for freedom.
Baby$itting Money (formerly The Babysitting Diaries) Comedy ⋄ Drama Desperate to keep up with her school’s Jewy ‘80s Long Island fashionistas, a neglected booksmart 8th grader sacrifices precious social time to corner the babysitting market for a village of wealthy moms who dole out cake, life lessons, and make-up tips.
Turning Tables Comedy ⋄ Drama Dumped, fired, broke, homeless, and hopeless, hardworking, self-sacrificing Fran flips a chance meeting with an A-list producer into a high-powered career opportunity in this dramedy about second chances, impostor syndrome, and payback.
Potential Energy Budget: $0 - $100K | Independent ⋄ Drama Exhauted by routine, Janice is a wife and mom on the edges of a meltdown who is searching to reconnect in even the tiniest of ways.
Not Fade Away Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A spirited college-freshman learns she’s pregnant while on a road trip following the Grateful Dead with high school friends who ecstatically leave behind parents, suburbia, and life choices, while she wrestles with the uncertainty of her own future.
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Drama Competition (Majority Rules)
(2024)
Semifinalist, RespectAbility Lab
(2024)
Semifinalist, Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season 5 (Baby$itting Money)
(2023)
Honorable Mention, Best Script Award - London (Baby$itting Money)
(2023)
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic SciFi Fantasy Competition (Majority Rules)
(2023)
Semifinalist Pitch Now! (Majority Rules)
(2022)
2nd Round ISA Fast Track Fellowship (Baby$itting Money)
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic - Inroads Fellowship Season 5 (Majority Rules)
(2022)
Semifinalist, Stage 32 SciFi/Fantasy Screenwriting Competition (Majority Rules)
(2022)
Quarterfinalist Stage 32 Female Driven Screenwriting Competition (Baby$itting Money)
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards Season 7 (Baby$itting Money)
(2022)
Genre Winner SciFi Fantasy Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices (Majority Rules)
(2021)
Semifinalist Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices (Baby$itting Money)
(2021)
Semifinalist The Writers Lab NYC (Majority Rules)
(2021)
Quarterfinalist Stage 32 Drama Competition (Majority Rules)
(2021)
Top 100 Table Read My Screenplay (Majority Rules)
(2020)
Quarterfinalist Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition (Majority Rules)
(2020)
Shortlisted Amazon Studios Writer Slam (Majority Rules)
(2019)