Francesco Cordaro is a producer, director, editor, and cinematographer. He discovered his love for filmmaking as a teenager - making films with his friends on a camcorder and working as a projectionist in his local cinema. His first major collaboration would be as the producer of the documentary Aerodrome, winner of Best Documentary at Newport Beach Film Festival. As a director he would find more success. Francesco is one half of a sibling directing team with his sister Andrea. Together they run Fusion Box Films, which has been operating for over 10 years. They hail from New York’s Hudson Valley region. The children of an Italian pastry chef, they created the documentary “Cannoli, Traditions Around the Table”. The project was funded by a grant from Anthony and Joe Russo, and won Best Documentary at NYWIFT’s Shorts Festival. In the branded content space, he created a film for the Greenwich International Film Festival with Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford which would be aired on NBC’s The Today Show. Francesco also spent time in the ad agency world, working for an agency owned by Samsung. There he produced many ads for companies like JBL, Ford, Subaru, and Mark Levinson. As an editor for Sony Music, he worked on branded content for fashion brand Marni starring Future, as well as content for Fenty with singer Joy Crooks. He is also a drone cinematographer and shot the aerials for Adrian Brody’s film Clean, as well as spots for Kenneth Cole and Cadillac.