Directing
Liam LoPinto
Born
1995-02-06 (31)
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
Liam LoPinto is an award winning Iranian American filmmaker and animator from New York City. A student and graduate of NYU’s Film and Television, CalArts Character Animation, and Tokyo’s Waseda University’s SILS program between 2013 and 2021. His film French Fly was selected for CAA Moebius’ 5th Showcase, while his award winning short documentary Karam Camera was made in partnership with Karam Foundation focusing on empowering young Syrian refugees. His debut film out of school, The Old Young Crow, won more than 46 awards including an OSCAR® qualifying Best of Festival award at Palm Springs International ShortFest, as well as Grand and Special Jury Prizes from Sitges International Film Festi…
Known for
10.0A fly returns home to find his world completely French.
French Fly
2019
10.0Confined to a cold cell for 41 nights, a doctor's dreams of failures collide with his memories of success.
Baba
2018
7.2An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
The Old Young Crow
2023
10.0Two Syrian refugee girls document each others' attempts at making their first films.
Karam Camera
2023
10.0A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a forgotten lunch. Written by and dedicated to the late Marvin "Stro" Bynoe.
Wolf and Cub
2021
NRShe's a people pleaser. She's insecure. She wants nothing more than to have clear skin. Her life changes drastically when she wishes on a fallen eyelash and her wish is granted: she has the clearest goddamn skin she's ever had. When word gets out that Anagha has magic eyelashes, she's exploited for them by her school, her community, and eventually the government. She battles the weight of the world with the weight of being a middle schooler.
Local Middle Schooler
2021
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
10.0Two Syrian refugee girls document each others' attempts at making their first films.
Karam Camera
2023
10.0A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a forgotten lunch. Written by and dedicated to the late Marvin "Stro" Bynoe.
Wolf and Cub
2021
NRShe's a people pleaser. She's insecure. She wants nothing more than to have clear skin. Her life changes drastically when she wishes on a fallen eyelash and her wish is granted: she has the clearest goddamn skin she's ever had. When word gets out that Anagha has magic eyelashes, she's exploited for them by her school, her community, and eventually the government. She battles the weight of the world with the weight of being a middle schooler.
Local Middle Schooler
2021
Behind the camera
10.0A fly returns home to find his world completely French.
French Fly
2019
10.0A fly returns home to find his world completely French.
French Fly
2019
10.0Confined to a cold cell for 41 nights, a doctor's dreams of failures collide with his memories of success.
Baba
2018
10.0Confined to a cold cell for 41 nights, a doctor's dreams of failures collide with his memories of success.
Baba
2018
7.2An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
The Old Young Crow
2023
7.2An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
The Old Young Crow
2023
7.2An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
The Old Young Crow
2023
10.0Two Syrian refugee girls document each others' attempts at making their first films.
Karam Camera
2023
NROn the outskirts of the town of Izamal, in the heart of Yucatán, Mexico, the Oxte family live a life of small joys and inspiring familial love. Elena and her two sons, Liam and Janielle, spend their days cooking, playing with their pets, biking, knitting, and spinning tops in their backyard. We experience the depth of their care for each other by spending a day with them and a dream with them. Their dream, taking them to the ruins of the Mayan temples, playing amongst the lost structures and pools, enjoying the land where they were once kings.
Maze of Joy
2025