Amanda Verwey is a queer WGA writer living in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, Amanda co- wrote with performance artist Jibz Cameron the full-length one-women show Good Morning Evening Feelings, which premiered at The Kitchen, NYC and was later turned into a web series by JASH Productions (awarded Audience Choice Best Experimental Short Film, Outfest 2017). In 2017, Amanda co-wrote the short film Tooth and Nail with director Sara Shaw, which premiered at SXSW (awarded Audience Choice for Best Short Film, Fusion Film Festival 2018 and Best Narrative Short, Outfest 2018.) In 2019, her feature script 'Tooth & Nail', based on the short, won the Richard Vague Production Fund Grant from Tisch. In 2020, she sold a series to FX. Amanda is currently in development on a grindhouse feature with Endeavor Content and Flame Ventures.
Awards and Grants
2021 Grand Prize, Screencraft Comedy Contest
2020 finalist, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest
2020 finalist, BlueCat Screenwriting Competition
2020 finalist, Screencraft Comedy Contest
2019 Richard Vague Production Fund Grant, Tisch
2018 Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short, Fusion Film Festival
2018 Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short, Outfest
2017 Best Experimental Short, Outfest.
Literary Management, TV and Film
Paul Young
MAKE GOOD Content
[email protected]
(310) 499-2879
Amanda Verwey is a queer WGA writer living in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, Amanda co- wrote with performance artist Jibz Cameron the full-length one-women show Good Morning Evening Feelings, which premiered at The Kitchen, NYC and was later turned into a web series by JASH Productions (awarded Audience Choice Best Experimental Short Film, Outfest 2017). In 2017, Amanda co-wrote the short film Tooth and Nail with director Sara Shaw, which premiered at SXSW (awarded Audience Choice for Best Short Film, Fusion Film Festival 2018 and Best Narrative Short, Outfest 2018.) In 2019, her feature script 'Tooth & Nail', based on the short, won the Richard Vague Production Fund Grant from Tisch. In 2020, she sold a series to FX. Amanda is currently in development on a grindhouse feature with Endeavor Content and Flame Ventures.
Awards and Grants
2021 Grand Prize, Screencraft Comedy Contest
2020 finalist, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest
2020 finalist, BlueCat Screenwriting Competition
2020 finalist, Screencraft Comedy Contest
2019 Richard Vague Production Fund Grant, Tisch
2018 Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short, Fusion Film Festival
2018 Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short, Outfest
2017 Best Experimental Short, Outfest.
Literary Management, TV and Film
Paul Young
MAKE GOOD Content
[email protected]
(310) 499-2879
