Member Spotlight: Peter Mancuso

Peter Mancuso is a senior at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts studying Film and Television, minoring in both Producing and Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. In his time at NYU, he has focused primarily on writing, directing, and producing, having worked on nearly two dozen student and independent projects. Before coming to film school, Peter spent most of his time in onstage, performing in dozens of plays and musicals. His favorite film is The Empire Strikes Back, and his favorite musical is West Side Story.

Member PETER MANCUSO is working on his senior thesis film. It is a coming of age musical, which follows a young Italian-American from Rhode Island named Rocco. On the night before leaving his Rhode Island home to study photography in New York City, Rocco must decide if he is going to try a long distance relationship with his girlfriend Sofia or give up the only life that he’s ever known to follow his dreams.

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