Buddy Giovinazzo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1957, New York City, New York, USA
- Movies
- 27
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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.
Upcoming Buddy Giovinazzo Movies
Uncle Frank's Wine
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
The Theatre Bizarre
2011
Combat Shock
1986
A Thought of Ecstasy
2018
No Way Home
1997
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
Maniac II: Mr. Robbie
1986
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
The Joe Spinell Story
2001
The Unscarred
2000
Filmography
| 2024 | Splatterfest Exhumed | Self |
| 2020 | Tales of the Uncanny | Self |
| 2018 | A Thought of Ecstasy | Radio Presenter (voice) |
| 2016 | Tango Europa | Director Buddy Giovinazzo |
| 2015 | 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street | Self |
| 2006 | The Meltdown Memoirs | Himself |
| 2004 | Celluloid Horror | Self |
| 2001 | The Joe Spinell Story | Self |
| 1997 | No Way Home | Man Walking (Uncredited) |
| 1986 | Combat Shock | Social Worker (as Carmine Giovinazzo) |
| 1980 | The Lobotomy |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | One-Way Ticket to the Other Side | Director |
| 2012 | A Night of Nightmares | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | Screenplay, Director |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | The Unscarred | Director |
| 1997 | No Way Home | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | She's Back | Writer |
| 1987 | Jonathan of the Night | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1986 | Maniac II: Mr. Robbie | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Combat Shock | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1983 | Paranoiac | Director |
| 1983 | Subconscious Realities | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1982 | More than a mouthful | Director |
| 1982 | Maniac Drummer | Director |
| 1981 | A Christmas Album | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | The Lobotomy | Director, Writer |
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