Buddy Giovinazzo

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.

Bibliography

During a time when it was hard to get a project made for Giovinazzo after his debut film, Combat Shock, he turned to writing novels instead and teaching film.

The Novels of Buddy Giovinazzo:

• Life is Hot in Cracktown (1993) [Thunder's Mouth Press] ISBN 1-56025-054-2
• Poetry & Purgatory (1996) [Thunder's Mouth Press] ISBN 1-56025-133-6
• Broken Street (2000) In German [Maas] ISBN 3-929010-56-9
• Potsdamer Platz (2004) [No Exit Press] ISBN 1-84243-115-3

Acclaimed action-filmmaker Tony Scott has expressed interest in developing Giovinazzo's crime novel, Potsdamer Platz into a motion picture. To date there is no word on what the status of that film is.

His novel, Life is Hot in Cracktown, was recently adapted into a feature film by Giovinazzo himself as writer and director.

Filmography

• Combat Shock (1986) Writer/Director/Editor/Producer/Actor
• Mr. Robbie: Maniac II (1986) Director/Producer (short promo film)
• Jonathan of the Night (1987) Writer/Director/Producer
• She's Back (1989) Writer
• No Way Home (1996) Writer/Director/Actor
• Fallen Arches (1998) Actor
• The Unscarred (1999) Director/Producer
• Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009) Writer/Director (Novel)
• The Theatre Bizarre (2011) Co-director

Television

Sometime during or after The Unscarred, Giovinazzo left the United States for Berlin, Germany where he published his fourth novel, Potsdamer Platz and directed episodes for various German crime programs:

"Tatort" (3 episodes, 2003-2009) - Platt gemacht (2009) TV episode - Das Ende des Schweigens (2007) TV episode - 3 x schwarzer Kater (2003) TV episode

"Der Kriminalist" (3 episodes, 2008) - Ruhe in Frieden (2008) TV episode - Eiskalter Tod (2008) TV episode - Avalon (????) TV episode

"Polizeiruf 110" (2 episodes, 2003-2006) - Mit anderen Augen (2006) TV episode - Tiefe Wunden (2003) TV episode

"Wilsberg" (2 episodes, 2005) - Todesengel (2005) TV episode - Schuld und Sünde (2005) TV episode

External links

• 2002 Interview with Sex and guts Magazine
• Interview with Orenda Film on No Way Home
• Buddy Giovinazzo Profile on Imdb.com
• Buddy Giovinazzo message on imdb.com message board for, Life is Hot in Cracktown
• Cinema Crazed review of Combat Shock
• Unrated Magazine- Cinema of the Extreme review of No Way Home
• Behind the scene photos of Life is Hot in Cracktown