AMATO, Mark 1965–(Mark A. Amato)

PERSONAL

Born December 16, 1965, in Saddle Brook, NJ; married JoAnn Willette (an actress), October 10, 1992; children: two.

Addresses: Agent— Endeavor Talent Agency, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., Tenth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Writer. Worked early in his career as a joke writer for comedian Dennis Miller. Cocreator of the Internet magazine Daily Anxiety.

CREDITS

Television Story Editor; Series:

Pauly, Fox, 1997.

Grown Ups, UPN, c. 1999–2000.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Series:

Mutant X, syndicated, multiple episodes, 2002–2003.

Teleplays; Episodes:

"The Busybody," Harry and the Hendersons, syndicated, 1992.

"The Ghostmakers," Extreme Ghostbusters (animated), syndicated, 1997.

"The Irritable Bow–Wow Syndrome," Men in Black: The Series (animated), The WB, 1997.

"The Neuralizer Syndrome," Men in Black: The Series (animated), The WB, 1997.

"Pauly Come Home," Pauly, Fox, 1997.

(With Dalina Soto–Loesser and Dan Berendsen) "Spies Like Us," Pauly (also based on a story by Amato), Fox, 1997.

"Friend or Faux," Maggie Winters, CBS, 1998.

"A Comic Tragedy," Grown Ups, UPN, 1999.

(With Arthur Harris) "Vegas, a Place in the Sun," Grown Ups, UPN, 1999.

(As Mark A. Amato) "The Sexorcist," Son of the Beach, USA Network, 2001.

"Deep Sleep," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns ), syndicated, 2002.

"Deportation," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns ), syndicated, 2002.

(As Mark A. Amato) "Empty the Dragon," Son of the Beach, USA Network, 2002.

"Subterra," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns ), syndicated, 2002.

Also writer for the series Home Improvement, ABC; and The New America's Funniest People, ABC.

Teleplays; Specials:

G–Saviour (animated; also known as Gundam Savior ), [Japan], 1999.

Other:

Contributor to magazines, including Spy.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Daily Anxiety, http://www.dailyanxiety.com, September 16, 2001.