Maurizio Benazzo
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Maurizio Benazzo grew up in Italy, and in 1984 came to the United States on a ninety-eight-year-old sailing boat. He started working as an actor, model, and filmmaker, but his thirst for knowledge was only satisfied in 2001 upon encountering I Am That, the seminal work by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, while he was in India shooting the award-winning documentary Short Cut to Nirvana.
Filmography · 22 credits
- 2026SILA: The Life Within Everything · Producer
- 2026SILA: The Life Within Everything · Director
- 2026Little Singer · Director
- 2026Little Singer · Producer
- 2026Flowers of the Earth · Producer
- 2026Flowers of the Earth · Director
- 2025The Eternal Song · Producer
- 2025The Eternal Song · Director
- 2025If an Owl Calls Your Name · Director
- 2025If an Owl Calls Your Name · Producer
- 2024Where Olive Trees Weep · Director
- 2024Where Olive Trees Weep · Producer
- 2024Mauri · Producer
- 2024Mauri · Director
- 2021The Wisdom of Trauma · Producer
- 2021The Wisdom of Trauma · Director
- 2017Who Is Alice · Actor (Paolo)
- 2004Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela · Director
- 2004Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela · Cinematographer
- 2003World of Taub · Cinematographer
- 1998Illuminata · Actor (Passerby)
- 1990Salute to Life · Actor (Son)