MICHAEL CAPODIFERRO (Writer/Director) is a storyteller committed to creating bitingly vulnerable art and worlds that are strange, sweet, and absurdly darkly humorous. As a playwright and filmmaker, his work has been performed off-Broadway and featured on-screen at various film festivals. Most recently selected as a Finalist for Best Comedy and winning a People’s Choice Award at the Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival.
Having been raised by two Deaf parents on the East Coast, Michael is a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA). He grew up fluent in English and American Sign Language (ASL), with ASL being his first language before he could even speak. His unique experience as a CODA and seeing limited portrayals of the Deaf world in media inspired Michael to be passionate about stories that need to be heard.
Against the pressures of bootstrap mythology, his mission is to tell accessible stories so everyone knows they deserve to be loved. Just as the taste of his Nonna’s sauce lingers in your mouth long after the meal, he wants the stories he tells to be held close by those who experience them so that they become their own.
