Biography

Len Amato is the former President, HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax. He left HBO in January 2021 to return to producing under his banner Crash&Salvage. As president of HBO Films, he developed and oversaw an award-winning slate of films beginning in 2008. The 2009-2018 awards seasons produced 43 Emmy® Awards and 12 Golden Globes® for HBO Films overall. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded HBO Films the Outstanding Made For Television Movie Emmy® in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (Grey Gardens, Temple Grandin, Game Change, Behind the Candelabra, The Normal Heart and Bessie, respectively), for a total of 20 Best Movie Emmys® since 1993. Behind the Candelabra directed by Steven Soderbergh, with 11 wins and 15 nominations, was the most-honored program at the 2013 Emmys®. Before becoming president, Amato served as HBO program executive and executive producer on 2008's multiple Emmy®-winning film Recount which garnered 3 Emmy® Awards including Best Made for Television movie, which resulted in an Emmy® for Amato as Executive Producer. He joined HBO in March 2007 as senior vice president, continuing his long relationship with the network which began in 1997 in New York when he produced First Time Felon and later executive produced Iron Jawed Angels. Amato appeared on the fourth season of the HBO series Project Greenlight. Prior to joining HBO, Amato was president, Spring Creek Productions. His producer/executive producer credits include: Analyze This and Analyze That, Deliver Us From Eva, Rumor Has It, Golden Globe® and Oscar®-nominated Blood Diamond and The Astronaut Farmer Earlier, Amato was Story Editor for Robert De Niro's newly formed Tribeca Productions in New York where he worked on such films as Thunderheart and Night and the City. Amato began his film career in New York as a story analyst for various independent producers and studios. Prior to his career in the film industry, Amato was a musician and actor, performing at such renowned downtown venues as CBGB's and La Mama Experimental Theatre in New York City. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Amato is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2015.
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