Untitled Pizza Movie

Untitled Pizza Movie
Directed byDavid Shapiro
Written byDavid Shapiro
Produced by
  • Michael Tubbs
  • Brendan Doyle
  • Peter Sillen
  • David Shapiro
CinematographyJonathan Kovel
Edited byDavid Shapiro
Music by
  • Michael Tubbs
  • T. Griffin
Release date
CountryUnited States

Untitled Pizza Movie is a 2020 seven-part documentary series written and directed by David Shapiro. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the "Best DocuSeries" award.[1][2] The docuseries had an exclusive online run at Metrograph[3][2] between February 26 and March 14.[1][4][5]

Synopsis

In Untitled Pizza Movie, Shapiro narrativizes his own past, the life of his late friend Leeds Atkinson, and a once-criminal pizza man named Andrew Belluci, repiecing footage he had shot alongside Atkinson in the 1990s while on a mission to find New York's best pizza.[6][4][3]

Parts

  • Part One: Ice Cube Trays
  • Part Two: Eat To Win In The Elevator
  • Part Three: Pizza Purgatory
  • Part Four: Zig Zag
  • Part Five: The Natufian Culture Of 9,000 BC
  • Part Six: Clams
  • Part Seven: Mars Bar

References

  1. ^ a b "untitled-pizza-movie". www.sundance.org. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Institute, NYS Writers (March 8, 2021). "David Shapiro discussing his "Untitled Pizza Movie"". NYSWritersInstitute. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Untitled Pizza Movie". Metrograph. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Grisar, PJ (February 24, 2021). "Why a slice of pizza holds the key to '90s New York". The Forward. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  5. ^ "'Untitled Pizza Movie' | All Of It". WNYC. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "A Conversation with David Shapiro (UNTITLED PIZZA MOVIE)". Hammer to Nail. February 26, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.