Francesco Saviano is a director, producer, writer, and cinematographer, and the founder of the Brooklyn, New York–based production company Unarmed Media. His narrative and documentary films have appeared in top festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the New York Television Festival in NYC. Most recently, he was the cinematographer on D.W. Young’s feature documentary Uncropped, about photographer James Hamilton, executive produced by Wes Anderson. He was also the cinematographer and producer on the original series Building, written and directed by Colin Quinn and featuring Vincent Piazza and Kathrine Narducci. Francesco just completed work as cinematographer on Women Laughing, a documentary about the pioneering women artists of The New Yorker magazine, executive produced by Katie Couric, and he is currently directing The People's Masterpiece, a feature documentary about Keith Haring and the power of art as activism. His feature documentary On the Line, which follows the careers of three New York City boxers over the course of ten years, is scheduled for release later this year.
