Will Nunziata is a New York City-based award-winning filmmaker, theatre director, and writer. 

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Film & Screenwriting

Will's directorial debut, The Old Guitarist, starring Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior in The Sopranos), has garnered over a dozen national and international awards, including Best Short Film and Best Director at the London Movie Awards, Best First Time Director of a Short at the New York Movie Awards, and Best First Time Director of a Short at the Paris Film Awards.

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As a screenwriter, Will wrote Débora, currently in pre-production, based on the life of Colombian painter Débora Arango. The film stars award-winning Colombian actress Marcela Mar and is directed by Daniel Posada. His other screenplays have earned recognition including Best Horror Screenplay at the 2025 Melbourne International Screenplay Festival (The Kept), Best Screenplay at the 2025 Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival (We All Fall Down), and Best Original Screenplay at the 2023 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (Lillith).

Will is also currently developing Forty-licious, an original situational comedy.

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Theatre

On the stage, Will has directed productions on both sides of the Atlantic, including Figaro: An Original Musical at London's prestigious Palladium in the West End, and the world premiere of White Rose: The Musical off-Broadway and its UK premiere. His off-Broadway production of Miss Peggy Lee: In Her Own Words & Music earned him a BroadwayWorld Award for Best Director. He conceived, wrote, and directed Our Guy, Cy: A Musical Revue off-Broadway, starring Tony Award winners Lillias White, Randy Graff, Cady Huffman, and Judy Kaye.

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Currently in development are several new works: As I Lay Dying: A New Musical (bookwriter, lyricist, director), The Waves: A New Opera (librettist), For Vincent: The New Van Gogh Musical (co-creator, director), Dubbo Championship Wrestling: A New Aussie Rock Musical (director), and By The End Of Tonight: A Dark Comedy (director).

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Concert 

Will has written and directed dozens of concert productions for acclaimed artists including Tony Award winner Lillias White, Soul Train Award winner Nicole Henry, platinum recording artist Jackie Evancho, and Grammy Award nominee Clint Holmes. For twenty years, he performed professionally alongside his twin brother, singer-songwriter Anthony Nunziata, touring nationally and internationally, with their partnership culminating in co-headlining Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Symphony Orchestra.

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A proud graduate of Boston College, Will is a member of the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs and the Stage Directors & Choreographers Union (SDC).

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For more information, visit www.WillNunziata.com or follow @willnunzofficial on Instagram.