Eugene Ramos
Type of Work Seeking:
Development Opportunities (Including Open Writing Assignments)
Staff in a Room (Staff Writer or Story Editor)
Credits:
Staff Writer on THE DRAGON PRINCE s4-7 (Wonderstorm/Netflix)
Writer on THE ONLY PODCAST LEFT (Netflix)
Writer/Director/Performer on CLIMATE THOUGHTS (Erosion/YouTube)
Personal Highlights:
“Newton's Laws of Emotion”: Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, Sloan Filmmaker Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival, CAPE New Writers Fellowship, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards (Gold Prize), Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting (Semifinalist), Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition (Semifinalist), and Hamptons International Film Festival’s Screenwriters’ Lab
"They Charge for the Sun": Humanitas Prize (Nominee)
"The Only Podcast Left": Webby Awards (Nominee)
"Im Not Phil": Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest (Top 10), The CAPE List by CAPE and The Black List
Other Accomplishments:
Star Trek: Kirk Vs. Picard scriptwriting competition (Grand Prize)
Rod Serling Scriptwriting Competition (2nd and 3rd Place)
Coverfly Endorsed Writer
Rideback RISE Circle
Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop
Film Independent's Project Involve
Comedy Central Fellowship
Representation:
Brant Rose and Toochis Rose, The Brant Rose Agency
Learn More about Eugene:
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Eugene Ramos was born and raised in the Chicago area by immigrants from the Philippines. After devouring countless Shakespeare plays, he earned a degree in 16th-century British Literature from Northwestern. He later graduated with an MFA in Film from Columbia University where he received a fellowship from Comedy Central. Since film school, he’s participated in the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop, and the CAPE New Writers Fellowship. Eugene was awarded the Sloan Filmmaker Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for NEWTON’S LAWS OF EMOTION, his period-romance screenplay about Isaac Newton. He was also nominated for a Humanitas Prize for co-writing the sci-fi short film, THEY CHARGE FOR THE SUN, with director Terence Nance. Most recently he wrote for the Netflix animated series, THE DRAGON PRINCE. Because of his love for the Bard and science fiction, Eugene was given the nickname The Sci-Fi Shakespeare Guy.
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NEWTON'S LAWS OF EMOTION (Feature/Period Romance)
When a young Isaac Newton falls for a headstrong princess, he seeks to understand the principles of love using his new system of mathematics. But when his greatest adversary attempts to steal his work and the woman he adores, Newton realizes that falling in love isn't a matter of calculus, it's chemistry.
I'M NOT PHIL (Feature/Comedy)
Filipino-American Ray Garcia pretends to be Asian Golden Boy Phil Aquino to win the affections of a white co-ed who thinks all Asians look alike. However, when it becomes clear to Ray that he can't live up to Phil's reputation, he enlists the help of his Filipino friends, Paul and Manny, to pretend to be him pretending to be Phil.
THE SWIFTIE DETECTIVE AGENCY (Pilot/One-hour Dramedy)
Five years after the mysterious disappearance of Taylor Swift, four Swifties reunite to solve the case of who kidnapped Taylor’s cat.
THE HOA (Pilot/Half-hour comedy)
Hired as the new assistant at a Malibu HOA, a broke college grad has to find out who's sabotaging the aging condos. Is it his kooky co-workers, the nutcase residents, or the pretty singer who just moved in?
A COVEN OF THIEVES (Pilot/One-hour Drama)
A rock band of witches recruits a new singer to help them steal supernatural artifacts from those who would use them for nefarious purposes.
SONS OF WITCHES (Pilot/One-hour Drama)
A trio of Asian-American men – all sons of witches – must take over the family business of fighting supernatural evil after their mothers are murdered. Unfortunately, they have no powers … except for Cal, a schizophrenic who may be the first male witch in centuries.
NINI AGBAYANI AND THE ONLINE SCHOOL OF MAGIC (Pilot/Half-hour Comedy)
A single mother enrolls in an online magic school to learn witchcraft so she can home-school her 4-year-old daughter who’s a baby witch. Unfortunately, she gets mixed up with a misfit group of wannabe wizards and witches and their idiotic adventures as they learn spells, become friends, and deal with the stuck-up kids from the fancy magic schools.