Filippo Piscopo

Filippo Piscopo is an Italian and American documentary filmmaker based in New York City. He is also an adjunct associate professor of film at St. John's University.^[1] Piscopo collaborates frequently with his wife and filmmaking partner, Lorena Luciano, and together they have produced, directed, and filmed multiple documentary films. Their work has been supported by, among others, the Sundance Institute, the International Documentary Association (IDA),^[2] and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Their films have been featured at international film festivals such as the Venice Film Festival,^[3] Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Sheffield Doc/Fest, AFI Docs,^[4] the IDFA Forum, and the Gotham/IFP's Spotlight on Documentaries.

Piscopo is the director of photography for the 2024 Academy Award-nominated short documentary The ABCs of Book Banning, directed by Sheila Nevins, Trish Adlesic, and Nazeneth Habtezghi.^[5][6][7] The film, currently streaming on Paramount+, addresses the politically charged debate on book bans in American schools.