Joseph Mwamba is an emerging African-American Y.A. dramedy writer from Indiana. Named ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch in 2023, Joe was the Writers’ Assistant & wrote an episode on an upcoming Netflix series. He was also a Writers’ Assistant for Amazon UK’s narrative podcast STRANGE CASE, and Writers’ PA for Netflix’s YOU (S4) & Apple TV’s THE AFTERPARTY (S2).
He also co-runs WGA Virtual Mix, a Discord group of 2800+ emerging writers, where he plans Q&As with professional writers, virtual events, and runs the monthly Miracle Mile Mixer for Writers (@ All Seasons). Active during the WGA Strike, he became a runner for the Universal Strike team, created the monthly #PreWGADay to show non-union writers picketing in solitary with the WGA, and gave initial help to Joelle Garfinkel’s GREEN ENVELOPE GROCERY AID, creating their application & logo and helped give away $100 to 150+ writers who needed aid over two weeks.
His Y.A. action dramedy THE KNIGHT’S PHOENIX won the Grand Prize of 2021 (awarded in 2022) Emerging Screenwriters’ Action & Adventure Pilot Competition, his STRANGER THINGS spec is the highest downloaded script on THE STUNT LIST, and his newest Y.A. mystery drama FINDING A LOST PEN helped land Joe as a Finalist for Mentorship Matters and Rideback Rise Fellowship.
Currently repped by Kate Prentice & Doorie Lee at 42.
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Joseph Mwamba 