Emil Ari Weinstein is an award-winning writer and director for television, film and theater.
While getting his M.F.A. at Yale School of Drama, Emil directed the first workshop production of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, an all-female, pop-infused Romeo & Juliet, and Arden, an immersive original musical.
Emil has developed, written, and directed work for theater companies such as The Old Globe, Rattlestick Theater, New Georges, the 52nd Street Project, The Prototype Festival, Collaboraction, Working Theater, En Garde Arts, Two River Theater and the National Queer Theater.
Emil’s short film Candace has played at festivals worldwide including the American Pavilion Emerging LGBTQ Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Film.
For television, Emil directed four episodes of season three of The L Word Generation Q. He’s written for Amazon’s reboot of A League of Their Own.
Emil’s short film In France Michelle is a Man’s Name has won two Grand Jury Prizes for Best Narrative Short: Slamdance (2021) and Outfest (2020).
Emil graduated summa cum laude from Smith College and received an M.F.A. from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Emil is repped by CAA and Adventure Media.
