Len Borruso • Director • About

Len Borruso is an American filmmaker and film theorist. He has directed several
acclaimed short films including the genre-bending First Person, which won Best
Experimental Film at The Basin Short Film Festival and the documentary Paint the City 2,
which received Best Documentary Short honors at Driftless Film Festival.
His other directorial works include, Anger, starring Dan Davies and EMBODIED
featuring collaborative dance artist, Margaret Sunghe Paek.

Born in Queens, New York, and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Borruso holds a B.A. in
Filmmaking and Culture from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He earned his M.F.A.
in Directing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Beyond directing, his writing on film includes essays and the manifesto Neighborhoodcore,
published in the arts journal fsm. and ongoing film criticism for the L & D Report,
which he co-authors with David Gerard.

A Note from Len
If you want to dive deeper into how I think about cinema, check out "Neighborhoodcore",
my essays at fsm. like Nouvelle Mex or read our latest reviews at the L & D Report.

Contact: len@leneb.com