RiccardoPellizzeri
- Producer
- Director
Ric Pellizzeri is an award-winning TV director and producer. He has worked extensively both in his native Australia and New Zealand, having partnered with company Screentime on Underbelly NZ and telefilms Siege, How to Murder Your Wife, The Monster of Mangatiti and Rainbow Warrior drama Bombshell. His Aussie credits include hit police drama Blue Heelers and directing the pilot episode of Home and Away.
Biography
One of Riccardo Pellizzeri’s many favourite quotes comes from an interview with Hill Street Blues co-creator, producer Steven Bochco: “surround yourself with really smart people who disagree with you”. Pellizzeri takes this to mean that it's always good to have someone smarter around to save you.
Screenography
Awards
2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Feature Drama (shared with Bridget Bourke and Philly de Lacey): for In a Flash
2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Feature Drama: Bombshell
“Complexity and clarity don’t have to fight each other. As a producer or a director your job is to maintain the dynamism of a story without confusing the audience.”