Film Author

Bruno Pischiutta, internationally celebrated writer, director and producer, is known for his lifelong commitment to fostering the art of filmmaking. He established his career in his native Italy when, in 1975, he founded and directed Rome’s Centro Iniziative Di Azione Culturale, the nation’s only alternative school for theater and film. He is known for his high quality film production skills and he’s specifically noted for his politically and socially oriented feature films.

Bruno was born in Udine, Italy in 1947. He began his film career in the late 1960s as an actor in films by Francesco Rosi, Nanni Loy and Billy Wilder. Bruno graduated from the Institute of Dramatic Art, Trieste (1966); he is a Dr. of Philosophy graduated from the University of Trieste (1971) and International Academician appointed by Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (1981).

Bruno has been awarded the Critics Award at Venice Film Festival (1970), the Premio Simpatia (1976), the Belle Arti Di Roma (1976). His films have been awarded at the New York Film Festival (1981 & 1986) and at the Bahamas One World Film Festival (2003).

His latest feature film PUNCTURED HOPE, was screened in theaters in Los Angeles for three months during the 2009 Awards Season. In December 2009, Bruno Pischiutta was nominated by The Political Film Society (Hollywood) for his film PUNCTURED HOPE (‘BEST EXPOSE’ and ‘BEST FILM ON HUMAN RIGHTS’ of 2009) where courageous film directors are given awards as a way of encouraging the film industry to make the public more aware of political realities. That same year, films such as AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, INVICTUS and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS were also nominated alongside PUNCTURED HOPE. The film is a 2009 ‘Best Picture’ qualified for nomination consideration at the Academy Awards®.

Maestro Pischiutta is also a published writer of two books (‘The Comoedia’ 1980; ‘E va bene parliamo di cinema’ 1982) and of recognized courses for filmmakers (directing, writing, editing and acting) in Italy. He made his directorial debut in 1975 with COMPAGNE NUDE, and he moved to Canada in 1983. His other films include ULTIMO INCONTRO A VENEZIA (1977), ISOLA MECCANICA (1978), THE COMOEDIA (1981), BOUNTY HUNTERS (1985), LIFE’S CHARADE (1987), MAYBE (2003) and PUNCTURED HOPE (2009).

Additionally, he wrote, directed, produced, executive produced and edited other feature films, TV shows and documentaries widely screened in cinemas and broadcast throughout Italy and other European countries to date. Bruno is the Founder, President and C.E.O. of Toronto Pictures (www.torontopictures.com), a Film Studio which develops, produces and distributes non-violent and socially conscious Hollywood standard, 35-mm feature films around the world. The company is public in the USA since 2007 and the stock is trading on the OTC under the Symbol TTOPF.

Bruno is also the Founder and Chairman of the Toronto Pictures Film Academy of Ghana.

A Director with a CAUSE:

The ‘new morality’ that our CAUSE is aiming to achieve, means not only exposing problems to our films’ viewers but also doing something about them.

“I want for the rights of women and children to be respected. I want to fight intellectual pollution, stupidity, racism and discrimination. I want to show that non-violent films can be commercially viable and can contribute to achieving a better world. I want to win the fight against ignorance and bigotry. I want to use the art of film as a weapon in order to improve the viewers’ lifestyle and to advance their mentality thereby enhancing their life experience and introducing the reflection about major social problems that anguish our world today through positive thinking.

My CAUSE is driven by high ideals and it is more important than anyone of us.

It is a new world; it is time for a new morality! It is time to put the important things first. I am working for my CAUSE through the medium of film because I am a filmmaker. Film is my way of expressing myself and I take into consideration the fact that my films will live on after me: they will become my legacy.” – Bruno Pischiutta

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