Directing

Leonardo Defilippis

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux poster
7.9

The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.

Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux

2004

Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz poster
6.0

Leonardo Defilippis stars in this gripping one-man drama chronicling the remarkable life of Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish friar and eventual saint who was arrested and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp for speaking out against the Nazi regime.

Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz

1995

Tolton: From Slave to Priest poster
NR

Augustus Tolton’s enslaved mother knows there’s only one way to save her family – she has to escape the slave-state of Missouri for freedom in Illinois. Slipping away in the dead of night, with three children in tow, she trudges 20 miles to the vast Mississippi River. In a leaky rowboat, with bullets from angry Confederate soldiers whizzing by her ears, Mama Tolton rows to freedom. In the face of the shameful prejudice of the Church in America, young Augustus dreams of becoming a Catholic priest. His dream seems hopeless, yet against all odds he perseveres. Finally ordained in Rome, he returns home to serve people of all races as America’s first Black priest.

Tolton: From Slave to Priest

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NR

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São João da Cruz

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John of the Cross poster
NR

Leonardo Defilippis stars in this moving drama about life of St. John of the Cross directed by K. C. Lynch. St. John of the cross, a Spanish friar and mystic who was an important figure in the reformation of the Carmelite order that was known for his writings about the Christian soul.

John of the Cross

1997

Saint Francis: Troubadour of God's Peace poster
NR

Leonardo Defilippis brings to life Saint Francis, "the little poor man of Assisi," whose holiness and faith continue, after 800 years, to draw men and women toward a more perfect imitation of Christ.

Saint Francis: Troubadour of God's Peace

1983

Film credits

Behind the camera

Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux poster
7.9

The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.

Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux

2004

Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz poster
6.0

Leonardo Defilippis stars in this gripping one-man drama chronicling the remarkable life of Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish friar and eventual saint who was arrested and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp for speaking out against the Nazi regime.

Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz

1995

Tolton: From Slave to Priest poster
NR

Augustus Tolton’s enslaved mother knows there’s only one way to save her family – she has to escape the slave-state of Missouri for freedom in Illinois. Slipping away in the dead of night, with three children in tow, she trudges 20 miles to the vast Mississippi River. In a leaky rowboat, with bullets from angry Confederate soldiers whizzing by her ears, Mama Tolton rows to freedom. In the face of the shameful prejudice of the Church in America, young Augustus dreams of becoming a Catholic priest. His dream seems hopeless, yet against all odds he perseveres. Finally ordained in Rome, he returns home to serve people of all races as America’s first Black priest.

Tolton: From Slave to Priest

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Tolton: From Slave to Priest poster
NR

Augustus Tolton’s enslaved mother knows there’s only one way to save her family – she has to escape the slave-state of Missouri for freedom in Illinois. Slipping away in the dead of night, with three children in tow, she trudges 20 miles to the vast Mississippi River. In a leaky rowboat, with bullets from angry Confederate soldiers whizzing by her ears, Mama Tolton rows to freedom. In the face of the shameful prejudice of the Church in America, young Augustus dreams of becoming a Catholic priest. His dream seems hopeless, yet against all odds he perseveres. Finally ordained in Rome, he returns home to serve people of all races as America’s first Black priest.

Tolton: From Slave to Priest

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