Fabrizio Federico

Fabrizio Federico was born in the UK in 1983 to a big Italian family, he is the oldest of 6 siblings. In 1989 he moved to Italy after escaping death at the age 5 in a house fire.

Following immigration problems in the U.S he moved to the UK. His passion for cinema had not left him and he began work without any experience or budget on his feature film debut ‘Black Biscuit’ in 2009 which was completed in 2012..

Shot on mobile phones, and children’s cameras he faced among other things police harassment, computer problems, and the casts miffed reaction’s. The results were compelling and new. Creating the PINK8 film Manifesto, as an alternative to the film industries monopoly and rules.

To fund Black Biscuit and to get into his character, Federico became a nude life model. Black Biscuit’s budget came to little over £500.

He spent 1 year filming and another year editing all the hours of footage shot across Europe. The editing process was done as an experiment. Edited under the sounds of exorcisms, blind folded, and under hypnosis. Completed in 2011 Federico set out on a DIY campaign to promote and distribute the film.

In 2013 The Milk Man became an abandoned vérité film project he was making.The movie focused on a milk man who spiked local families milk bottles with LSD on his morning route’s. The project was abandoned after the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) who were notified about the film and threatened to sue over alleged defamation regarding the films subject.

Pregnant (2015) is his 2nd feature film and deals with the Youtube/Facebook generation, lost and addicted in the haze of social media technology addiction. The film was shot at the Sunseed commune in Spain. During the shooting he fell out of a tree and broke his foot.

Also during this period Jett Hollywood was born. Ziggy Stardusts illegitimate son. A filmmaker from Mars. He promised to created two films and then commit ‘cinema suicide’. Both movies bring hope to the human race, Evolution Of The Earth Angel (2015) & Anarchy In The Uk (2016)

In 2016 he founded the Straight Jacket Guerrilla Film Festival, launching 30 international films across the world, all exploring today’s Underground/Cult cinema makers. In 2017 he release Loon.