- Born
- Birth namePhilip Jude Giordano
- Nickname
- PJ
- Height5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
- Phil Giordano is a writer/director from Staten Island, New York. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Cortland University. Phil attends New York University's M.F.A. Directing Program in Singapore and is in his third year.
At age 23, he made the controversial s16mm short The Empty Playground. The film is about a man struggling with inner-demons who tries to abduct a young girl from a playground. The film went on to screen at 10 film festivals (spanning three continents) and was awarded the Golden Palm at the Mexico International Film Festival and Best Short at the 2010 ZERO Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. Later, it received distribution from Indieflix, but with a 17 or older rating.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Leeds Street Productions - Phil Giordano is an Italian-American filmmaker from Staten Island, New York. He received his MFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia. Immediately after graduating, he accepted a contract to work as a director at one of the top production companies in Singapore.
While there, they were nominated for Production Agency of the Year. Since then, Phil has won two commercial directing awards. His NYU thesis 'Supot' was a finalist at the Starz Denver Screenwriting Competition, a Semi-Finalist at the Showtime Tony Cox Screenwriting Competition and won the Grand Jury Prize at the New York Screenplay Contest.
'Supot' had its World Premiere at the 21st Busan International Film Festival in the Wide Angle: Asian Short Film Competition section. A feature film he is developing to be shot in Manila, Philippines was recently selected as 1 of 15 projects to SAFF (Southeast Asia Film Financing Project Market). Phil lives and works in Singapore.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Variable One Productions
- Films have very deliberate background action and framing
- Often casts children in mature or adult roles
- Funded Chinatown Rain (2008) after visiting Atlantic City on three consecutive weekends (US $6,000).
- He is an avid poker player and has played in over six different countries.
- Currently has a 3.83 GPA in Graduate School.
- Father was a professional photographer in the 70s.
- Awarded Best Dramatic Short Film at the 2010 ZERO film festival in New York for The Empty Playground.
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