BILLY FEDERIGHI


Billy Federighi is a Chicago–born filmmaker whose career spans indie features, comedy-forward storytelling, and commercial work. He studied film at Columbia College Hollywood before breaking into commercial directing through the directing team, GENTLEMEN, which he co-founded with Brett Snider. The duo gained early traction by winning national contests for Doritos and Converse, which led to commercial projects for brands like Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz, Comcast, Walmart and Kellogg’s. Federighi made his feature solo directorial debut with Adventures in the Sin Bin (2012), written by Christopher Storer (The Bear) and featuring Bo Burnham, Gillian Jacobs, Jeff Garlin, Tim Blake Nelson, and Emily Meade.