Buddy Giovinazzo (born 1957) is an American independent filmmaker and author who is known for his gritty, low-budget debut film, ''

Combat Shock ''Combat Shock'' is a 1986 exploitation war drama film written, produced, and directed by Buddy Giovinazzo and starring his brother Rick Giovinazzo in the lead role. The film was distributed by Troma Entertainment. The plot of the film takes ...

'', and his collection of harrowing short stories of low urban life in his 1993 anthology, ''

Life Is Hot in Cracktown ''Life Is Hot in Cracktown'' is a 2009 crime drama film based on Buddy Giovinazzo's 1993 collection of short stories with the same title. Giovinazzo directed and wrote the film. Plot The film intertwines several unsettling stories of people in a ...

''. Born May 5, 1957 in New York City, Buddy grew up in Staten Island. He went to the

College of Staten Island The College of Staten Island (CSI) is a public university in Staten Island, New York. It is one of the 11 four-year senior colleges within the City University of New York system. Programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional studie ...

where he graduated with a Masters in Cinema, later teaching film there as well. He is the brother of Rick Giovinazzo, who is a composer, orchestrator, and the star of his premier film, ''

''. His cousin is television and film actor, Carmine Giovinazzo.

Bibliography

During a time when it was difficult to get a project made for Giovinazzo after his debut film, ''

'', he turned to writing novels instead and teaching film. The published writings of Buddy Giovinazzo: * ''

Life is Hot in Cracktown ''Life Is Hot in Cracktown'' is a 2009 crime drama film based on Buddy Giovinazzo's 1993 collection of short stories with the same title. Giovinazzo directed and wrote the film. Plot The film intertwines several unsettling stories of people in a ...

'' (1993) hunder's Mouth Press * ''Poetry & Purgatory'' (1996) hunder's Mouth Press * ''Broken Street'' (2000) In German aas * ''Potsdamer Platz'' (2004) o Exit Press His anthology, ''

'', was adapted into a feature film by Giovinazzo himself as writer and director.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1986) Writer/Director/Editor/Producer/Actor * '' Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie'' (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 * ''

'' (2009) Writer/Director (Novel) * ''

The Theatre Bizarre ''The Theatre Bizarre'' is a 2011 American horror anthology film. The six segments are directed by Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley. The wraparound segments featuring Udo Kier were ...

'' (2011) Co-director

Television

Sometime during or after '' The Unscarred'', Giovinazzo left the United States for

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, Germany where he published his fourth novel, ''

Potsdamer Platz Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corn ...

'' and directed episodes for various German crime programs: * "

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed b ...

" (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 ' is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann Sherry Hormann (born 20 April 1960) is a German-American film director. Hormann is best known for ...

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

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

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

Wilsberg ''Wilsberg'' is a German TV series based on novels about the fictional private detective Georg Wilsberg. A first TV episode was aired in 1995, five years after the release of the first novel, starring Joachim Król. Since the second episode (aired ...

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

References

External links

*
2002 Interview with Sex and guts Magazine
* ttp://bgstreet.com/ Behind the scene photos of Life is Hot in Cracktown {{DEFAULTSORT:Giovinazzo, Buddy Living people American screenwriters American film directors College of Staten Island alumni 1957 births 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers 20th-century American male writers College of Staten Island faculty