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. 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.
Bellomo executive produced and received a story credit on the 2023 film Chupa.
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.
Filmography
+List of film credits of Brendan BellomoYearTitleNotes2009BohemibotDirector; short film2023ChupaStory and executive producer2024Porcelain WarDirector and editor
Awards and recognition AwardDateCategoryResultStudent Academy Award13 June 2009NarrativeSundance Film Festival28 January 2024U.S. Documentary Grand Jury PrizeThe Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film FestivalSarasota Film Festival14 April 2024Special Jury MentionSan Francisco International Film Festival28 April 2024Best Documentary FeatureSeattle International Film Festival27 May 2024Best DocumentaryCritics' Choice Documentary Awards10 November 2024Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s)Cinema Eye Honors9 January 2024Outstanding Visual DesignSatellite Awards26 January 2025Best Motion Picture – DocumentaryAACTA Awards7 February 2025Best DocumentaryDirectors Guild of America Awards8 February 2025Outstanding Directorial Achievement in DocumentariesAcademy Awards2 March 2025Best Documentary Feature Film
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