About Leonardo

Leonardo Ramirez is an American of Puerto Rican descent and an award-winning screenwriter, author, and voiceover actor, known for writing science fiction fueled by hope and imaginative fantasy rooted in the human experience. His feature scripts have placed with Stage 32’s New Voices in Animation, ScreenCraft Animation and Family, Barnstorm, the Inroads Fellowship, the Nashville Film Festival, and The Red List. His short screenplay Homeless ranked #1 on The Red List for Fantasy Shorts and has earned international recognition, including Best Concept Screenplay at the Tokyo Film and Screenplay Awards and a win at the Milan Film Festival.

As a martial artist, Leonardo has a 4th-degree black belt in Karate and a brown belt in American Bushido Kenjutsu, the study of the katana or samurai sword fighting. His stories reflect discipline and intentionality—balancing awe, action, and expansive world-building with deeply personal, character-driven themes that invite audiences into new realms of wonder.

Faithful to the power of narrative, Leonardo believes stories can dissect hearts, broaden horizons, and uplift the human spirit. Eschewing trends and fads, he is guided by the conviction that story—honest, hopeful, and human—is the core of any meaningful creative work.

Through an extraordinary journey marked by hardship and perseverance, Leonardo has proven that even from the most challenging circumstances, one can rise to create something remarkable. He lives in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Kristen and their daughter Mackenzy, and considers his most important calling to be that of a devoted husband and father.

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