Amy Weingartner Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Literary and screenplay agent for this WGA-compliant agency representing authors and screenwriters.• Review scripts, screenplays, and book manuscripts, evaluating projects to pitch to production companies, studios, and publishers for film, TV or book development.• Recruit and acquire new writers for addition to agency's roster of writers to represent.http://screenlandla.com/

Los Angeles

• Faculty lead, MFA Program: Playwriting, Screenwriting, The Business of Media; Internship advisor• Faculty lead, Creative Writing. Faculty mentor for Student Vision projects: novels, screenplays, plays. Founding faculty for Graphic Narrative writing course (comics/GNs.)

Burbank, Ca

➢ Lead editorial content development and editorial production for media books, magazines, and social media marketing based on WB and DC TV and DC/ WB film slate.➢ Collaborate with Warner Bros. film and TV producers, marketing, publicity, WB executive teams and publishers to develop programs and execute marketing content across many formats. ➢ Drive successful partnerships, marketing executions, and fan-favorite content

Glendale, Ca

Directed the editorial staff, workflow, budget, research, communication, and consumer marketing of Disney’s key publishing business working closely with storytelling divisions in TV and film; created successful direct to consumer content storytelling business.

Glendale, Ca

Launched Glendale global creative center for international content development; oversaw the staff, creative production, workflow, and department P&L; built relationships with Disney content creators to pitch concepts, secure assets, and garner approvals for international product development.

New York, Ny & Northampton, Ma

Directed 12-member team of onsite/remote designers, editors (executive/junior/senior), and art directors to champion the creative strategy and editorial planning of Disney Adventures, a monthly 96-page consumer entertainment magazine.

New York, Ny

Steered the workflow development and production (from editorial/art to production and final file ship) of 10 annual issues and quarterly special issues; administered budgets, hired and managed a staff of 8 editors, and edited all copy.➢ Worked with top comics talent to create original comic series for both titles under my leadership➢ Managed the Original Fiction Series, One-Minute Mysteries, written by well-known children’s book authors and partnered with Scholastic to oversee the licensed book series. ➢ Managed Book Awards, the Disney Channel Volunteer All-Star Program, and Radio Disney Music Awards, including the Radio Disney website pages with music news provided by the magazine.Managing Editor 3/1998-10/2001Managed budget and staff of eight editors; supervised workflow of development and production of 10 issues/yr., plus quarterly special issues; edited all copy; hired junior editors. ➢ Staff Music Editor on special publications featuring music stars.

New York, Ny

• Collaborated with Stan Lee and John Romita to Re-Launch Spider-Man Magazine for Kids and transform it from a comics activity magazine to a consumer magazine with original interviews, photography, games, features, and comics. • Created Disney Comic Hits (a monthly anthology comic of Disney film-based comics.) • Edited Marvel Kids storybooks, activity books, and licensed magazines based on Marvel characters and other licensed properties, including Caspar, Power Rangers, and Clueless.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Major: English Literature; Minors: Applied Writing, Art History, Magna Cum Laude

Mfa, Fiction Writing

Graduate lecture: “Go, Comics, ” discussion of graphic novel history, mainstream legitimizing of comics, current trends in graphic.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), English And American Literature