John Gianvito
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Staten Island, New York, USA
Biography
John Gianvito is an independent film director based in Boston, where he also holds an Associate Professorship in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College. He has taught at numerous major universities in New England and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Robert Flaherty International Film Seminar. His extensive curatorial work also includes a five-year appointment as Film Programmer at the Harvard Film Archive. He made his debut as a director in 1978 with his short film The Direct Approach and rose to prominence with the subsequent feature The Flower of Pain (1983), a semi-autobiographical film about an adolescent relationship structured as a series of fragmen...
Best known work
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
2008
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein
2001
Far from Afghanistan
2012
Vapor Trail (Clark)
2010
Wake (Subic)
2015
Her Socialist Smile
2020
The Flower of Pain
1983
My Heart Swims in Blood
2011
Puncture Wounds (September 11)
2008
What Nobody Saw
1990Filmography
TBA
Mission HillProducer
2023
FugueDirector
2023
The Grave's SkyDirector
2020
Her Socialist SmileEditor, Cinematography, Director
2015
Wake (Subic)Director
2012
Far from AfghanistanDirector, Editor
2011
My Heart Swims in BloodDirector
2010
Vapor Trail (Clark)Director
2008
Profit Motive and the Whispering WindDirector, Animation, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Sound, Editor
2008
Puncture Wounds (September 11)Writer, Director
2001
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Husseinas Mr. Blacksmith, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
1990
What Nobody SawDirector
1986
Address UnknownDirector
1983
The Flower of PainDirector, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound