Luigi Rizzo - " Growing An Idea Almond" 2026
laser print
15 x 15 cms
Luigi Rizzo is an Italian-born, London-based artist, filmmaker, editor and screenwriter listed by BAGT as an artist at Blackhorse Lane Studios, Walthamstow. His practice moves across moving image, video installation, photography, drawing, editing, motion design and cinematic narrative. Earlier video installations, including Ai lati di uno sguardo at L’Union, Rome, explored the relationship between cinema, gaze and architectural space, while his current film work includes directing, screenwriting and script editing. His professional portfolio spans editing, colour grading, compositing and motion design for film, commercial and music-related projects, and his recent screenplay STOP. PLAY. FORWARDreceived multiple international festival and screenplay recognitions in 2023.
Selected awards, nominations and recognitions
2023 - STOP. PLAY. FORWARD — Best Action/Sci-Fi Screenplay, Hollywood Just4Shorts.
2023 - STOP. PLAY. FORWARD — listed by FilmFreeway with multiple festival selections, finalist positions and wins across short-screenplay categories.
2003 - Finalist / candidate, Italian Studio Program scholarship for P.S.1 / MoMA P.S.1, New York.
Selected solo and project-based presentations
2025 - Unmatched, short film; public actor and crew listings identify Luigi Rizzo as director, with Kuarz Studio connected to production.
2023 - STOP. PLAY. FORWARD, short screenplay; selected and awarded across multiple screenplay festivals and competitions.
2021 - The Invisible Mirror, dance / experimental short film; played at the February
2021 Experimental Film Festival, with Rizzo interviewed by WILDsound.
2020 - The Invisible Mirror, short film, United Kingdom; Berlinale Talents project listing records Luigi Rizzo as director, with the film completed in 2020.
2017 - REPLAY JEANS Videoinstallation Design Week, director and motion designer.
2006 - Ai lati di uno sguardo, L’Union, Rome; first solo exhibition / video installation.