Name: I WANT TO BEAT UP CLARK PETERS
Genre: Short Film
Released: 2015

Films directed by Joe Picozzi

Short Film, 2025. Directed by Joe Picozzi.

A proud Italian American finds out he's not actually Italian, and spirals.

2024 Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum - Overall Winner
2025 PROOF Film Festival - Official Selection, WINNER - Audience Choice Award
2025 Santa Fe International Film Festival - Official Selection, WINNER - Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film
2025 Young Director Award - WINNER - GOLD, Short Film 10 min and Over
2025 Annapolis Film Festival - Official Selection, WINNER - Audience Award, Best Short Film
2025 Chelsea Film Festival - Official Selection, WINNER - Best Actor
2025 Show Me Shorts Film Festival - Official Selection
2025 Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival - WINNER - Best Actor, 1st Prize New England Film Fest Award
2025 Catalina Film Festival - Official Selection
2025 Woods Hole Film Festival - WINNER - Audience Choice Award, Best Short Comedy
2025 Dances With Films - Official Selection
2025 WYO Film Festival - Official Selection

Music Video, 2025. Directed by Joe Picozzi.

song by kevin shoemaker

Short Film, 2023. Directed by Joe Picozzi.

When a sheltered teenage girl is caught cheating on her boyfriend with her family’s new robot, she must choose between her old life and her new love.

2024 American Cinematheque's Proof Film Festival Official Selection
2023 FilmQuest Finalist
2023 LA Shorts Official Selection
2023 Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival's Vortex Sci-fi Film Festival
2023 Catalina Film Festival Official Selection
2023 Les Utopiales, Festival international de Science-Fiction - Nantes, France
2024 Les Intergalactiques Sci Fi Festival - Lyon, France
2024 DUST Official Selection

Short Film, 2018. Directed by Joe Picozzi.

After his favorite ice cream is discontinued, a struggling actor in Los Angeles sets his sights on becoming a serial killer.

FineCut Student Film Showcase 2018 Official Selection - Broadcast on KCET
Made in the 508 Class at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts

Short Film, 2015. Directed by Joe Picozzi.

a neurotic college student seeks revenge after his hook-up starts hooking-up with someone else.

2016 College Emmy Award Winner (Comedy) - Television Academy Foundation
2016 Miami International Film Festival Official Selection, CinemaSlam Competition (Winner: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Student Film)
2015 Denver Film Festival Official Selection
2015 Orlando Film Festival Official Selection
2016 FilmShortage.com Daily Pick
2016 Atlanta Shortsfest Official Selection
2016 Terminus Film Festival Official Selection
2016 Hollywood Verge Film Awards (Winner: Best Student Film)
2016 BLOW-UP FILM FEST Chicago Official Selection/Finalist
2015 Sidewalk Film Festival Official Selection
2015 Sacramento Film & Music Festival Official Selection
2015 West of Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
2015 Bogart Shorts Festival Official Selection (Winner: Best Actor)
2015 University of Miami's Canes Film Festival - Winner (Best of Fest, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Producing, Best Original Score, Best Undergrad Film, City of Angels Audience Award)