Tommaso Pitta

www.tommasopitta.com


Tommaso is a film and theatre director and alumni of the National Film and Television School. Previously he graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree in Modern Literature from the University of Milan and in Theatre Directing from the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts.

He started his career in theatre, writing and directing award-winning plays for some of Italy's most prestigious theatres, including “The Cheese and The Worms”, “Orphans” (Teatro Elfo Puccini of Milan), “Interviews With Hideous Men” (Teatro Stabile delle Marche), “De Falco’s Wedding” (Teatro Stabile di Napoli).

His short films “How I Didn’t Become A Piano Player” and “All The Pain In The World” have played at more than 100 international film festivals and won many awards, including the Royal Television Society Award for Best Postgraduate Drama, the Premier Award at the British Universities Film & Video Council Awards, the Audience Award at Aspen Shortsfest, Best Comedy at Aesthetica Short Film Festival and Best Director at Rhode Island International Film Festival.

He is an alumni of the Berlinale Talents Campus and he is represented as a writer-director by Sayle Screen.

Credits

DIRECTOR, "Orphans", Teatro Stabile delle Marche & Teatro Elfo Puccini of Milan and other theatres, 6 weeks, 2016/2017 (winner of the National Award Franco Enriquez for Best Production and Best Performances)

WRITER / DIRECTOR, "How I Didn't Become A Piano Player", short film, National Film & Television School, 2014 (the film has screened at over 50 international film festivals and won many awards, including: Royal Television Society Awards: Best Postgraduate Drama / British Universities Film & Video Council Awards: Premier Award / Aesthetica Short Film Festival: Best Comedy / Aspen Shortsfest: Audience Award)

WRITER / DIRECTOR, "All The Pain In The World", short film, National Film & Televison School, 2013 (the film has screened at over 50 international film festivals and won many awards, including: Flickers Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival: Best Director / Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia: Int’l Competition Best Actor Award)

WRITER / DIRECTOR, "Thank You For Coming", short film, National Film & Televison School, 2012

WRITER / DIRECTOR, "Already Tomorrow", short film, Teatri Uniti / Figli del Bronx, 2011

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "Betrayal" (dir. Andrea Renzi), Teatro Stabile di Torino, 10 weeks, 2010

DIRECTOR "De Falco's Wedding”, Teatro Stabile di Napoli, 6 weeks, 2009 (winner of the Girulà Award for Best Playwriting)

WRITER / DIRECTOR “Interviews With Hideous Men”, Teatro Stabile delle Marche and other theatres, 6 weeks, 2008 (winner of the national competition “Nuove Sensibilità”)

DIRECTOR, "The Frogs", AMAT and various theatres, 12 weeks, 2008

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "The Holiday Trilogy" (dir. Toni Servillo), Teatri Uniti & Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 10 weeks, 2007

WRITER / DIRECTOR, "The Cheese and The Worms", Scuola d'Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi & various theatres, 12 weeks, 2006/2007/2008

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "False Admission" (dir. Toni Servillo), Teatri Uniti, 12 weeks 2006/2007

DIRECTOR, “Boston Marriage”, Scuola d'arte drammatica Paolo Grassi & Teatro Libero of Milan, 8 weeks, 2005/2006

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "The Tempest" (dir. Ferdinando Bruni e Francesco Frongia), Teatro Elfo di Milano, 6 weeks, 2005

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, “Monk. The Metaphor of Madness” (dir. Gabriele Amadori), Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 2 weeks, 2005

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, “The Magic Flute: Tableaux Vivant” (dir. Gabriele Amadori), Hangar Bicocca, 2 weeks 2005

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, “Betrayal” (dir. Cesare Lievi), Teatro Eliseo, 4 weeks, 2005

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, “Rabbi of Venice” (dir. Giorgio Pressburger), Mittelfest, 4 weeks, 2004

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "The Fetishist" (dir. Ruggero Cara), Fattore K, 4 weeks, 2004

Training

Berlinale Talent Campus

National Film and Television School - Master of Arts in Directing Fiction

University of Milan - Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Literature

Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts - Theatre Directing