Baba

Directed by Liam LoPinto

Type of Project: Drama
Length: 15:30 minutes
Producer: Max Neace
Editor: Taylor Schafer
Cinematographer: Callum Shaw

Confined to a cold cell for 41 nights, a doctor's dreams of failures collide with his memories of success. Based on the life and memories of my grandfather before and after the revolution in Iran.

Undergraduate
ll2452@nyu.edu

Liam LoPinto is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he majored in Film and Television. He just returned from living in Tokyo and Kyoto for 2 years where he shot a short film in Japanese focusing about an Iranian boy living in Tokyo. His thesis film, "Baba", is an extremely personal endeavor as he's trying to preserve the memory of his grandfather, Dr. Hassan Shahbazi, his Baba. Liam is also an animator and avid sketcher, currently studying Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. His films try to incorporate aspects of narrative, animation, and documentary, looking for new ways to blend medium and genre.