Luca Dipierro and Michael Kimball first
collaborated on the short film, DEAR EVERYBODY
(2008), which was based
on Michael’s novel of the same name. Later that same
year, they shot I WILL SMASH
YOU, a
documentary in which dozens of people each tell a
story about an object that has some personal meaning
for them and then destroy that object in whatever
manner they wish. In 2009, they started
shooting 60 WRITERS / 60
PLACES, in
which 60 different writers read their work in 60
different places.
Luca and Michael
share a visual and narrative aesthetic. Together, they
are Little Burn
Films.
Little Burn
Films
Luca Dipierro is a writer,
filmmaker and visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY.
His latest films are the documentaries
I WILL SMASH
YOU,
60 WRITERS / 60
PLACES, and
the full length cut-out animation DIECI TESTE. His art
has been exhibited in galleries in the USA and in
Italy. His short stories have been published in
The New York
Tyrant, Lamination
Colony, Gigantic, No Colony
and other publications.
His website is www.lucadipierro.com. For some biscotti, visit
http://blackbiscotti.blogspot.com.
His life is based on a true story.
Little Burn Films
Michael Kimball
(www.michael-kimball.com) is the author of four books,
including DEAR EVERYBODY
(which
The Believer
calls “a curatorial
masterpiece”) and, most recently, Us (which the Observer calls “powerful and moving ...
breathless”). His work has been on NPR’s All Things Considered
and in
Vice, as well as The Guardian, Prairie
Schooner, and New York
Tyrant.
His books have been translated into a dozen languages,
including Italian, Spanish, german, Chinese, Korean,
and Greek. He is also responsible for
Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story
(on a postcard), the 510 Readings, and the conceptual
pseudonym Andy Devine.
