ama anane
LA-BASED writer of scripts, poetry, standup, speeches,
to-do lists…
The product of Jamaican and Ghanaian parents, Ama Anane grew up in two of the wildest places on earth: Papua New Guinea and Las Vegas. She writes comedic dramas about women who feel like outsiders inside of their own families. Her characters are often animated by interracial relationships, and she tackles themes inspired by her experience running classrooms in prisons and public schools; running a community-based nonprofit; and running after her wife and kids. She’s a graduate of Emerson College and Columbia University.
SELECTED 2024 MOONSHOT TV PILOT ACCELERATOR FELLOW
FINALIST 2024 austin film festival comedy script competition
SEMIFINALIST 2024 HUMANITAS NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP
what’s on ama’s desktop…
civil lies
60 Minute Pilot Drama
A cunning teenager enslaved in Virginia teams up with a rebellious teenage expat from London looking to escape the trappings of marriage. Together, they start setting some traps of their own. Trap #1: Marry a man old enough to guarantee a short marriage and rich enough to leave an inheritance to buy their freedom.
drop dead funny
30 Minute Dark Comedy Pilot
Days before embarking on her first sold-out tour, Abby, a Black divorced-ish lesbian and comedian discovers she’s dying of cancer. Now with nothing to lose (but her life), she goes rogue on and off stage.
cottonmouth
12 Minute Dark RomCom
A young Black grad student gets cold feet about bringing her white girlfriend on a roadtrip to research the Cottonmouth Plantation & Wine Cellar.
other bits & bobs …
Poetry published in No Dear Magazine, 2023
Poetry published in Literati Magazine, 2020
Graphic chapbook commissioned for 4.0
the breakfast funeral
Poetry published in Obsidian Literary Magazine, 2002