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Buddy Giovinazzo

Buddy Giovinazzo

Director · Born 1957-05-05 · New York City, New York, USA

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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​

Directed

  1. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Director
  2. The Theatre Bizarre (2011) — Director
  3. Combat Shock (1986) — Director
  4. Femme Fatales (2011) — Director
  5. No Way Home (1997) — Director
  6. Polizeiruf 110 (1971) — Director
  7. Wilsberg (1995) — Director
  8. Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) — Director
  9. Maniac II: Mr. Robbie (1986) — Director
  10. The Unscarred (2000) — Director
  11. Heldt (2013) — Director
  12. A Night of Nightmares (2012) — Director
  13. Jonathan of the Night (1987) — Director
  14. The Aristofrogs (2010) — Director
  15. The Lobotomy (1980) — Director
  16. A Christmas Album (1981) — Director
  17. More than a mouthful — Director
  18. Paranoiac — Director
  19. Subconscious Realities (1983) — Director
  20. Uncle Frank's Wine — Director
  21. Maniac Drummer — Director
  22. One-Way Ticket to the Other Side (2024) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Combat Shock (1986) — Social Worker (as Carmine Giovinazzo)
  2. A Thought of Ecstasy (2018) — Radio Presenter (voice)
  3. No Way Home (1997) — Man Walking (Uncredited)
  4. Tales of the Uncanny (2020) — Self
  5. 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015) — Self
  6. The Joe Spinell Story (2001) — Self
  7. Celluloid Horror (2004) — Himself
  8. The Meltdown Memoirs (2006) — Himself
  9. The Lobotomy (1980)
  10. Splatterfest Exhumed (2024) — Self
  11. Tango Europa (2016) — Director Buddy Giovinazzo