Kaz Firpo is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and photographer, and a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. His work explores humanism and systems of power.
Born and raised in San Francisco, his focus on impact storytelling has landed him on the Forbes 30 Under 30, at the top of the 2017 Black List, and won Best Documentary at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
He’s the writer of seven feature films, including the upcoming post-war drama RUIN starring Margot Robbie, and the near-future thriller MIMI FROM RIO currently set up at Netflix with Ridley Scott producing. Most recently, Kaz wrote THE ETERNALS for Marvel Studios with Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and Gemma Chan starring. He's the winner of the Black List, Hit List, and Blood List, as well as a two-time Finalist in The Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship. He currently has his debut feature film in development, slated to shoot in 2020.
He likes incredible things.