Roman
Amento
ACTOR / WRITER
ACTOR
Roman Amento is an Actor/Screenwriter specializing in Film and TV. Raised in South Florida, Roman infuses his work with the culture of his home. He has trained at the Atlantic Theater School, Universal Acting, and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Roman has been awarded 1st place in Dramatic Performance at Yale (2019), 2nd place in Duo Performance at Harvard (2019), and championed in humorous and dramatic performance in the state of Florida two years in a row (2019, 2020).
His ten years in stage work have resulted in performances in Hair (2019), Into The Woods (2018), 20th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2020), and the original play I’m Sorry for Your Trouble at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in 2023.
Writer
Roman writes old-school crime stories set today, with innovative twists and fresh perspectives. In his work you’ll see pulpy dime novels and swashbuckling adventures grave robbed from obscurity and infused with a modern sensibility, “in the best of ways.” (Quote courtesy of his mother.)
Last year Loose Teeth achieved several notable festival awards, including Finalist at the Big Apple Film Festival, Semifinalist at the Southern California Screenplay Competition, and Quarterfinalist at both the Los Angeles Screenplay Awards and Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition.
Loose Teeth marks Roman’s fourth feature screenplay, with his fifth script Key Lime hitting the festival circuit later this year. Loose Teeth has been advised and consulted by Roman’s writing mentor Topper Lillien, the acclaimed screenwriter of the 2014 film Low Down.
Full scripts available upon request.
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APPEARANCES
Roman appeared on the July 16th, 2024 episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show. Featured performing a monologue for Viggo Mortensen (photographed below), the clip has since gone viral on several platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
