5th Annual TV Drama Final
Francis DiClemente

Francis DiClemente

Syracuse University
Producer, Researcher, Editor and Screenwriter

Syracuse, New York

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About Francis

Francis DiClemente is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker with a disability who lives in Syracuse, New York. He is the author of multiple poetry collections, most recently The Truth I Must Invent (Poets Choice, 2023) and Outward Arrangements: Poems (independently published, 2021).

He directed and co-produced the documentary short The World Series of Bocce: A Celebration of Sport, Family and Community (2023). The film is available for viewing on the PBS app and for broadcast on public broadcasting stations via The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

He produced and co-directed the documentary short Ralph Rotella: The Sole of Syracuse, which premiered at the Syracuse International Film Festival in September 2023 and was an official selection of the 2023 Culver City Film Festival. It earned a Golden Remi Award at the 2024 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

He co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the documentary short The Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life, which earned a New York Emmy award. It was broadcast on WNET and distributed by Virgil Films, Kino Lorber and American Public Television.

His full-length stage play, Beyond the Glass, inspired by the Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, was produced by a regional theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2017. He received a bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism from St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, and earned a master of arts in film and video from American University in Washington, DC. He is employed as a senior producer in the Division of Marketing at Syracuse University. His blog can be found at .


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World Series of Bocce Documentary
Fragments of the Living

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  • Beyond the Glass

    Beyond the Glass Drama Beyond the Glass is a single-location, existential drama inspired by Nighthawks, the iconic American painting by Edward Hopper.

  • Crushed Red Tomatoes (feature)

    Crushed Red Tomatoes (feature) Action ⋄ Crime ⋄ Drama The youngest son in a family detective agency goes undercover to investigate a New York crime boss for murder and narcotics trafficking.

  • End of the Line (short)

    End of the Line (short) Drama Christmas is just another day for two male residents of a nursing home.

  • Not By Choice (short)

    Not By Choice (short) Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Family ⋄ Romance A nearly 40-year-old college professor comes to terms with being single even as his parents and best friend pressure him about his relationships and bachelor status.

  • The Engagement Party (short)

    The Engagement Party (short) Drama ⋄ Family ⋄ Romance The best man at an engagement party comforts the bride-to-be after the future groom sleeps with his old girlfriend.

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Awards

  • NexTV Entertainment Writing and Pitch Competition, Best in Category - Source Material
    (2017)

  • Silver Telly Award, documentary, Photography and Literacy Project at Syracuse University
    (2011)

  • WILDsound Short Screenplay Contest
    (2009)

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