Hello! I’m Piano GPV Whitman. I’m an Italian American visual artist who has a passion for filmmaking. I started working with cameras at age 6, making stop-motion animation videos. In my early teens, I made music videos for my songs and internet videos with friends. After graduating from high school, I decided to pursue a career in filmmaking. Fueled solely by my love for cine cameras and editing, I created tons of abstract short films, some quite uncomfortable. I believe the beauty of filmmaking is the ability to test boundaries and let the viewer discover a part of themselves they previously hadn’t embraced.
Video Editor for My Kid Brother’s Ain’t That Cool
Camera and Editor for My Kid Brother’s Good News, Aint That Cool, and Smile
Video Editor for JUXT's "Stronger" and Co-Editor for "Uncomfortable"
Composed and recorded the full score for Mahrya Macintire's documentary: Synthetic Transformations
Original compositions, written under pseudonym theycallmepiano, in Filmmaker Dylan Greenberg's : Glamarus, Wakers, and Dark Prism
Original Score written and recorded for Washington D.C. 48 Hour Film Project film Meat Up
Writer, Composer, and Actress for Short Film Break
Private Pilot Airplane SEL
Remote Pilot (Drone)
Boater’s License
Ron Howard's 2018 Master Class on Directing
ViRG
Photography x Mark Webster
My Kid Brother
Photography x Will Martinez
SHORT FILM - BIG TUNA
PREMIERES
NOVA Loudoun Film Festival 2016
NOVA Alexandria Film Festival 2017
SHORT FILM - DRESSING
PREMIERES
NOVA Loudoun Film Festival 2017
SHORT FILM - SUZANNE
AWARDS
Best Film at NOVA Annandale
Film Festival 2018
Award Of Excellence at Global Shorts
Los Angeles Film Festival 2018
DOCUMENTARY - WOMAN FROM MARS
AWARDS
Best Director and Best Long Short Film at Couch Film Festival 2020 in Toronto, Canada.
Best Documentary Short at American Golden Picture International Film Festival 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Best Editing at Top Indie Film 2020 in Tokyo, Japan
PREMIERES
The Slipper Room in New York - Movie Mondays x Troma Edition 10/7/2019
Online Premiere 2/12/2020 for NoBudge
Les Femmes Underground Film Festival in Los Angeles 3/21/2020
NOMINATIONS
Best Documentary Short at Top Indie Film 2020
Best Original Idea at Top Indie Film 2020
Best Music at Top Indie Film 2020
Best Documentary at Short IndieX Film Fest 2020
Best LGBTQ Short at IndieX Film Fest 2020
FINALISTS
Best Documentary Feature at Oniros Film Awards 2020 - Finalist
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Les Femmes Underground Film Festival 2020
Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2019
The IndieFEST Film Awards 2020
Depth of Field International Film Festival 2020