Brendan Bellomo
{{short description|American film director and editor}}
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| image = Sundance Film Festival 2024 - Porcelain War - Brendan Bellomo-104A2016.jpg
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| education = New York University Tisch School of the Arts, 2008
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| notable_works = Porcelain War (2024)
| website = {{URL|brendanbellomo.com}}
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Brendan Bellomo is an American film director and producer. His debut feature documentary Porcelain War (2024), premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and later earned Bellemo a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won him the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries.
Early life and education
Bellomo is an alumnus of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Richard |date=2009-05-19 |title=NYU Kanbar Institute Filmmaker Brendan Bellomo Among 2009 Student Academy Award Winners |url=http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/about/news-publications/news/2009/may/nyu_kanbar_institute_filmmaker |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.nyu.edu |language=en}} During this time, he directed the science fiction short film Bohemibot. which won the Academy Award for Student Narrative.
Work
Bellomo gained recognition for his short film Bohemibot, a Sci-Fi drama that combines live-action and CGI. Bohemibot tells the story of a cyborg harpist who, after being forced to serve as a pilot in the last war on his planet, struggles with a debilitating injury and the loss of his family. The film was created as an NYU Tisch School of the Arts Advanced Production under the supervision of Professor Ezra Sacks and independent animator & Professor John Canemaker. It won a Student Academy Award in 2009.
Bellomo's work on Bohemibot involved the collaboration of over 90 students and 80 professionals from various fields. The film was supported by the Panavision New Filmmakers Program and Renegade Effects Group, which contributed essential props and costumes.
In December, 2011, Bellomo was announced as the director for the film adaptation of Charles Yu's novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. The project was to be produced by Michael Barnathan and Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures, which had acquired the film rights.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Daniel |date=2011-12-02 |title=Chris Columbus' Production Company Acquires Sci-Fi Novel (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-live-safely-movie-chris-columbus-268890/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Bellomo executive produced and received a story credit on the 2023 film Chupa.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2021-06-17 |title=Demián Bichir & More Board Jonás Cuarón's 'Chupa' Feature At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/netflix-chupa-movie-demian-bichir-jonas-cuaron-1234777187/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
In 2024, Bellomo co-directed and edited the documentary Porcelain War, which captured the lives of Ukrainian artists Anya Stasenko, Slava Leontyev and Andrey Stefanov during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Morfoot |first=Addie |date=2024-06-22 |title=The Team Behind Sundance-Winning Doc 'Porcelain War' on Sharing the Film With the World: 'What Is Happening in the Ukraine Can Happen to Any One of Us' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/porcelain-war-filmmakers-sundance-ukraine-1236042593/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+List of film credits of Brendan Bellomo !Year !Title !Notes |
| 2009
|Bohemibot |Director; short film |
| 2023
|Story and executive producer |
| 2024
|Director and editor |
Awards and recognition
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=2252386}}
- {{Official website|http://www.bohemibot.com/|name=Official website of Bohemibot}}
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Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Category:Sundance Film Festival award winners