Filippo Conz earned a MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and a BA in Film Theory from Universita’ Cattolica in Milan, his native city.
His works have been screened in several international festivals such as Sundance, Venice, Los Angeles, SXSW, and Tribeca. His short film Concerto was mentored by Milos Forman and won the BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence in Aspen, the Audience Award at the Beijing Film Academy Film Festival, the National Board of Review Best Director Award and the Hollywood Foreign Press Award at the Columbia Film Festival. In 2009 he was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Filippo has also worked on documentaries for Rai TV, La Presse Video, ERT World, VBS.TV and has done commercial works for such clients as Progressive Insurance, Random House, Epson, Design Within Reach, Walgreens, Equal, Rebecca.
He lives and works in New York, where he founded Zbabam Productions in 2007.
Filippo Conz was awarded a Production grant at Columbia in 2007 for Tymbals