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Buddy Giovinazzo (born May 5, 1957) is an American 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 anthology, Life Is Hot in Cracktown.
Buddy Giovinazzo was born on 5 May 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009), Combat Shock (1984) and No Way Home (1996). He has been married to Gesine Giovinazzo-Todt since 16 August 2007.
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- Director, Writer, Actor
- New York City, New York, USA
- Buddy Giovinazzo
Buddy Giovinazzo had to wait ten years before making his sophomore feature, No Way Home (1996), where Giovinazzo had the opportunity to work with professional actors of real merit, Tim Roth, James Russo and Deborah Unger.
Jun 25, 2018 · Last week, Severin Films made the surprise announcement that it was releasing Buddy Giovinazzo’s notorious COMBAT SHOCK in a remastered Blu-ray package. With the disc out, we got some exclusive words with Giovinazzo about the restoration and COMBAT SHOCK’s legacy.
Jun 26, 2018 · Buddy Giovinazzo made one of the most enduring cult films of all time, managed to build a career out of persistence and without compromising, and could create a brilliant piece of genre-bending art for the change in his pocket.
- Scout Tafoya
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Oct 17, 2021 · Doug Buck delves into the seriously under-valued and overlooked American independent (now living in Germany) filmmaker Buddy Giovinazzo’s No Way Home (1996) and American Nightmares (aka, Combat Shock) (1986).
Apr 3, 2024 · In a forty-year career, Giovinazzo has made only five features, a number of short films and sketches for features for which he was unable to find financing, and after his third feature, he moved to Germany where he has taught, written novels (in English and German) and directed some three-dozen episodes of television series (including five for T...
