I Wanted To Hear Your Voice
TITLE
I Wanted To Hear Your Voice
DIRECTOR
James Pellerito
COUNTRY
USA
YEAR
2025
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Documentary
I Wanted To Hear Your Voice
After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails serve to show the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - James Pellerito
Born and raised in Italy, James Pellerito is an award-winning fiction and documentary filmmaker. Pellerito’s work has screened at over 200 festivals worldwide (including AFI Docs, Berlinale, Dance on Camera, Frameline, Full Frame, NewFest and Outfest), won over thirty awards, aired on HBO Latino, Sundance TV, Logo TV, PBS America, Biography Australia, NTV Japan, QTV Korea, and been reviewed in Variety, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter. His feature documentaries include Pop Star On Ice (2009, IFC Center), American Cheerleader (2014, Fathom Events), and Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer (2018, Film Forum), all produced with David Barba. Pellerito served as Co-Creator, Director and Executive Producer on two seasons of his series Be Good Johnny Weir (2010, 2012). His narrative short Maree [Tides] (2003) qualified for the 2005 Academy Awards. Pellerito is the Co-Founder and Director of the New York City Short Film Festival (NYC Shorts), currently in its twentieth year, and he is a graduate of the 2-year Meisner acting program at The Neighborhood Playhouse. He has taught at Emory since 2020.
- DirectorJames Pellerito
- Screenplay James Pellerito
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s David Barba
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleI Wanted To Hear Your Voice
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originUSA
- Country of filmingUSA
- LanguageEnglish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
James Pellerito
Born and raised in Italy, James Pellerito is an award-winning fiction and documentary filmmaker. Pellerito’s work has screened at over 200 festivals worldwide (including AFI Docs, Berlinale, Dance on Camera, Frameline, Full Frame, NewFest and Outfest), won over thirty awards, aired on HBO Latino, Sundance TV, Logo TV, PBS America, Biography Australia, NTV Japan, QTV Korea, and been reviewed in Variety, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter. His feature documentaries include Pop Star On Ice (2009, IFC Center), American Cheerleader (2014, Fathom Events), and Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer (2018, Film Forum), all produced with David Barba. Pellerito served as Co-Creator, Director and Executive Producer on two seasons of his series Be Good Johnny Weir (2010, 2012). His narrative short Maree [Tides] (2003) qualified for the 2005 Academy Awards. Pellerito is the Co-Founder and Director of the New York City Short Film Festival (NYC Shorts), currently in its twentieth year, and he is a graduate of the 2-year Meisner acting program at The Neighborhood Playhouse. He has taught at Emory since 2020.
