John Gianvito

John Gianvito

John Gianvito is an independent film director based in Boston, where he also holds an Associate Professorship in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College. He has taught at numerous major universities in New England and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Robert Flaherty International Film Seminar. His extensive curatorial work also includes a five-year appointment as Film Programmer at the Harvard Film Archive. He made his debut as a director in 1978 with his short film The Direct Approach and rose to prominence with the subsequent feature The Flower of Pain (1983), a semi-autobiographical film about an adolescent relationship structured as a series of fragments, or “shards of memory” in Gianvito’s words. Commenting on the film to the Viennale, Gianvito described his attempt at “stripping away as much personal anecdotal material as possible, and concentrating on uncovering within each scene the disruptions, the unconscious and conscious mistakes.” Most recently, Gianvito has made Vapor Trail (Clark) which had its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2010. That same year, his documentary Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007), inspired by Howard Zinn’s famous tome A People’s History of the United States, was named one of the fifty greatest documentaries of all time by Time Out New York. For his extraordinary and unique contributions to cinema, Gianvito received the French honorary title of Knight in the Order of Art and Letters in 2001. – Wen Zhuang

  • Title: John Gianvito
  • Popularity: 0.476
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1956-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.emerson.edu/faculty-staff-directory/john-gianvito
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John Gianvito Movies

  • 2001
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    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    5.6 2001 HD

    A cri de coeur against Iraq War I from writer-director John Gianvito (Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind).

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

    A semi-autobiographical film about an adolescent relationship, about emotional illiterates of a particular age and milieu. Structured as a series of...

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2011
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    My Heart Swims in Blood

    My Heart Swims in Blood

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    5.6 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    5.6 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    5.6 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    5.6 2001 HD

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  • 2012
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    Far from Afghanistan

    Far from Afghanistan

    5.3 2012 HD

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  • 2010
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    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    5.2 2010 HD

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  • 2020
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    Her Socialist Smile

    Her Socialist Smile

    5 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Her Socialist Smile

    Her Socialist Smile

    5 2020 HD

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  • 2015
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    Wake (Subic)

    Wake (Subic)

    6 2015 HD

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  • 2008
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    Puncture Wounds (September 11)

    Puncture Wounds (September 11)

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1990
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    What Nobody Saw

    What Nobody Saw

    1 1990 HD

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  • 2008
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    Puncture Wounds (September 11)

    Puncture Wounds (September 11)

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2023
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    The Grave's Sky

    The Grave's Sky

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Fugue

    Fugue

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1970
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    Mission Hill

    Mission Hill

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2020
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    Her Socialist Smile

    Her Socialist Smile

    5 2020 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

    6.4 2008 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Flower of Pain

    The Flower of Pain

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1986
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    Address Unknown

    Address Unknown

    1 1986 HD

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