Marco
Zaffino came into filmmaking through the visual arts and novel writing,
the two disciplines being a perfect combination for Screenwriting and
Directing. He is prolific in all his disciplines, exhibiting as a solo
or group artist, Directing two feature films The Veranda (Best
Foreign Feature LAIIFF 2002) and The Vendetta - 2003, writing
seven feature screenplays a book of short stories and three novels. He
is presently working on his fourth novel and third feature film: Spoken
By Crowds.
Film Work
The Veranda - 84 minutes Awarded Best Foreign Feature at Los
Angeles IIFF 2002 Directed/Produced/Written/Edited/Performer
The Vendetta - 79 minutes Directed/Produced/Written/Edited/Performer
Screenplays (feature length)
The Veranda 1999
A-B (2001)
Pure Bred Chihuahua (2001)
The Vendetta (2001)
The Charcoal Burner (2001)
We Are Hoodwinks (2002)
Spoken By Crowds (2003)
Screenplays (Shorts)
Passers Bye - (2003)
The Arc - (2003)
Novels and Short Stories
Here, There, But Nowhere In Particular (Short Stories)
Trees, Fern, Books and a Bluebird (Novella)
Mint Ice Cream (Novel)
Pure Bred Chihuahua (Novel)
Spoken By Crowds (Novel in Progress)
Art Works include
Shadow Clean - February 2001, Organised the cleaning of the shadows
laid down on the road by Trees
Vane ‘98 - November ‘98, group show of 38 contemporary
artists in Newcastle
Solo Exhibition - August ‘98, “Roundabout Pumpkin”,
Red Gallery, Hull
StringBridge - April ‘98, 2 site specific environmental
pieces. Taking of 1000m of string from one side of a valley to another
Dean Clough - June ‘98 Group show of 4, Tom Wood, Jack
Attree, Stefano Bonacci
Unauthorized Artworks include works include
Jan/Feb 1994 - Hull City Centre - 9 site specific projects
April 1994 - London City Centre - 77 random sites, including the Hayward
Gallery, The National Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Various Cork Street
Galleries, The Underground and Various Billboards.
August 1998 - Planted 9 pumpkin seedlings on Roundabouts in conjunction
with painting exhibition
Music
Tigre Doe - Solo CD, musical composition, lyrics, guitar and
vocals
The Vendetta Score - In collaboration with Rob Allen composed
under the name Orange Utans MWE. With guest musicians Inder Goldfinger,
Nuccio Di Maio, Ruth Sunderland and Abdullah Hamzah