Em Weinstein is a writer and a director of plays, television, films, musicals, and interactive installations. Em was most recently a writer on Amazon Television's reboot of "A League of Their Own."

Em's short film "In France Michelle is a Man's Name" premiered in August 2020 and has won two Academy Award Qualifying Grand Jury Prizes for Best Narrative Short at Slamdance and Outfest and the award for Best US Short at The San Diego International Film Festival. It continues to play at festivals around the world.

At Yale School of Drama, Em 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.

Em has developed and created work for companies such as Rattlestick Theater, New Georges, the 52nd Street Project, New York Theater Workshop, Shakespeare & Company, The Prototype Festival, Collaboraction, Working Theater, En Garde Arts, Two River Theater and the National Queer Theater.

Em'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.

Em graduated summa cum laude from Smith College and is an alumnus of the Drama League Directors Project. Em received an M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama.

Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.