Person
Buddy Giovinazzo
Directing · Born 1957-05-05 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Buddy Giovinazzo is an independent filmmaker and author who is known for his gritty-low budget debut film, Combat Shock, and his collection of harrowing short stories of low urban life in his 1993 novel, Life is Hot in Cracktown. Born May 5, 1957 in New York City, Buddy grew up in Staten Island. He went to the College of Staten Island where he graduated with a Masters in Cinema, later teaching film there as well. He is the brother of Rick Giovinazzo (Ricky) who is a composer, orchestrator, and the star of his premier film, Combat Shock. His cousin is television and film star, Carmine Giovinazzo. A Buddy Giovinazzo website is Currently under construction. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Giovinazzo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Director
Polizeiruf 110
Director
Wilsberg
Director
Heldt
Director
Femme Fatales
Director
The Unscarred
Co-Producer
Resurrected
Script Consultant
Combat Shock
Social Worker (as Carmine Giovinazzo)
A Thought of Ecstasy
Radio Presenter (voice)
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Writer
Filmography
- 2024Splatterfest ExhumedSelf
- 2024One-Way Ticket to the Other SideDirector
- 2023ResurrectedScript Consultant
- 2020Tales of the UncannySelf
- 2018A Thought of EcstasyRadio Presenter (voice)
- 2016Tango EuropaDirector Buddy Giovinazzo
- 201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetSelf
- 2013HeldtDirector
- 2012A Night of NightmaresDirector
- 2011The Theatre BizarreScreenplay
- 2011Femme FatalesDirector
- 2010The AristofrogsDirector
- 2009Life Is Hot in CracktownWriter
- 2006The Meltdown MemoirsHimself
- 2004Celluloid HorrorHimself
- 2001The Joe Spinell StorySelf
- 2000The UnscarredCo-Producer
- 1997No Way HomeMan Walking (Uncredited)
- 1995WilsbergDirector
- 1989She's BackWriter
- 1987Jonathan of the NightDirector
- 1986Maniac II: Mr. RobbieDirector
- 1986Combat ShockSocial Worker (as Carmine Giovinazzo)
- 1983Subconscious RealitiesDirector
- 1981A Christmas AlbumWriter
- 1980The Lobotomy
- 1971Polizeiruf 110Director
- 1970Scene of the CrimeDirector
- —Potsdamer PlatzWriter
- —More than a mouthfulDirector
- —ParanoiacDirector
- —Uncle Frank's WineDirector
- —Maniac DrummerDirector
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