Fabrizio Fusco

Fabrizio Fusco (born 10 December 1995 in Bari) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He attended Scuola Holden – Contemporary Humanities in Turin under the direction of film producer Marta Donzelli, graduating in 2019 with the documentary Aletheia, which was screened at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence. His short film Il cielo è perso (The Sky Is Lost, 2024), produced by Oz Film with the support of Apulia Film Commission, won the Unisalento Critics' Award at the 2024 Lecce European Film Festival and was selected by Kasia Karwan (Cannes Film Festival selector) and Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Tampere Film Festival) for the T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2025. His latest short film, E soffierò e sbufferò e butterò giù la tua casa (And I'll Huff and I'll Puff and I'll Blow Your House In, 2026), also produced by Oz Film with the support of Apulia Film Commission, was selected for Bif&st – Bari International Film Festival 2026, the 2026 Lecce European Film Festival and Medfest 2026 in Cairo. At the heart of his artistic research are oppression, invisibility and trauma, told through a gaze that blends the grotesque, surrealism and horror.