Buddy Giovinazzo

Directing

Buddy Giovinazzo

Born 1957-05-05 · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Giovinazzo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Acting credits

Combat Shock poster
6.4

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Combat Shock

1986

A Thought of Ecstasy poster
4.0

August 2019. Frank recognizes his own story of twenty years ago in a recently published book. He remembers Marie, with whom he had a relationship before she moved to the United States and disappeared from his life. Frank sets out in search of her and finds himself in a USA petrified by a heat wave and lost in suspicion and political paranoia. He heads into the desert in pursuit of Marie.

A Thought of Ecstasy

2018

No Way Home poster
6.2

An ex-con's future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs.

No Way Home

1997

Tango Europa poster
NR

A travelogue that follows the events of I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS. Cynical International rockstar Bené and his loyal sidekick Beefy traverse Europe, from Helsinki to Paris. As Bené recounts the adventure to some shady government agents in search of the child assassin that once saved the rockstar's life, a repressed secret from Bené and Beefy's past is gradually brought to light.

Tango Europa

2016

The Joe Spinell Story poster
5.3

The Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable roles were as mafioso Willi Cicci in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and as loan shark Tony Gazzo in Rocky and Rocky II. Although primarily known as a character actor, Spinell co-wrote and starred as a serial killer in the 1980 film, Maniac.

The Joe Spinell Story

2001

Tales of the Uncanny poster
7.0

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street poster
7.8

The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

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NR

Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.

The Lobotomy

1980

Celluloid Horror poster
7.4

Celluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run international film festival.

Celluloid Horror

2004

The Meltdown Memoirs poster
NR

The Meltdown Memoirs depicts the production of the movie Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.

The Meltdown Memoirs

2006

Splatterfest Exhumed poster
NR

A documentary which covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema.

Splatterfest Exhumed

2024

Behind the camera

The Unscarred poster
5.8

Four exchange students meet in Berlin 20 years after graduating but picking up where they left off doesn't turn out to be as easy as they had hoped.

The Unscarred

2000

Combat Shock poster
6.4

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Combat Shock

1986

Combat Shock poster
6.4

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Combat Shock

1986

Combat Shock poster
6.4

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Combat Shock

1986

Uncle Frank's Wine poster
NR

85-year-old Uncle Frank from the old country made his wine in a Staten Island wine cellar for over 50 years. This was his last year making wine.

Uncle Frank's Wine

Uncle Frank's Wine poster
NR

85-year-old Uncle Frank from the old country made his wine in a Staten Island wine cellar for over 50 years. This was his last year making wine.

Uncle Frank's Wine

No Way Home poster
6.2

An ex-con's future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs.

No Way Home

1997

No Way Home poster
6.2

An ex-con's future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs.

No Way Home

1997

She's Back poster
4.1

A henpecked electrician is nagged by his recently deceased wife into taking revenge on the gang responsible for her death.

She's Back

1989

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NR

A young man's escape from the boredom of reality

Subconscious Realities

1983

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NR

A young man's escape from the boredom of reality

Subconscious Realities

1983

No artwork available
NR

A young man's escape from the boredom of reality

Subconscious Realities

1983

Life Is Hot in Cracktown poster
5.9

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".

Life Is Hot in Cracktown

2009

Life Is Hot in Cracktown poster
5.9

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".

Life Is Hot in Cracktown

2009

The Theatre Bizarre poster
5.3

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep.

The Theatre Bizarre

2011

The Theatre Bizarre poster
5.3

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep.

The Theatre Bizarre

2011

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NR

Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.

The Lobotomy

1980

No artwork available
NR

Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.

The Lobotomy

1980

No artwork available
NR

Couple celebrate Christmas, swap presents, break down.

A Christmas Album

1981

No artwork available
NR

Couple celebrate Christmas, swap presents, break down.

A Christmas Album

1981

Maniac II: Mr. Robbie poster
6.4

A children's television host solves all kids problems. Shot as a promo reel for a sequel to Maniac (1980) but was cut short due to the untimely death of actor Joe Spinell.

Maniac II: Mr. Robbie

1986

Maniac II: Mr. Robbie poster
6.4

A children's television host solves all kids problems. Shot as a promo reel for a sequel to Maniac (1980) but was cut short due to the untimely death of actor Joe Spinell.

Maniac II: Mr. Robbie

1986

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NR

When the world is infected by a devastating disease a man is forced to take shelter in his home.

A Night of Nightmares

2012

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NR

When the world is infected by a devastating disease a man is forced to take shelter in his home.

A Night of Nightmares

2012