Marco Amato

Marco Amato is a Long Island born and bred, first generation Italian creative, as committed to diverse storytelling as he is to retaining his accent. He left the east coast for the scorching streets of L.A. to work in William Morris Endeavor’s Independent Film Sales Department and pursue his dream of being a storyteller for the underdogs. His time at the agency coupled with his bachelor's degree in Screenwriting from Brooklyn College have served him well as he navigates the complex pipelines of the entertainment industry – though not as well as his minor in Psychology.

Marco has been a script consultant for six years working for several different screenwriting competitions and film festivals including the Golden Script Competition, Wildsound Film Festival and most recently, the ISA. He enjoys working with writers from all different walks of life, and with varying levels of screenwriting experience to help bring their stories alive on the page in the most cinematic way possible.

He views critical feedback as an opportunity for creatives to learn from each other and believes he gets just as much out of helping writers craft their narratives as they hopefully do from him. He measures the success of his consultation work by a writer's level of excitement going into the revision process after a notes session. Notes should inspire, not discourage.

In 2024, Marco was invited to join renowned producer Nicholas Weinstock’s global writing community Craft Services thanks to his queer teen slasher SIXTEEN SLASHES. He remains inexhaustibly committed to saying something meaningful by seeing the written word come alive on screen. He is currently working on his first short film as well as developing his thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth feature scripts.