Raymond De Felitta (born 30 June 1964) is an American independent film director,[1] screenwriter, musician, blogger and podcaster.
[5] In 1995 he wrote and directed Cafe Society starring Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher and Lara Flynn Boyle.
In 2003 he directed Paul Reiser's The Thing About My Folks which received the Audience Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
The earlier film contained a frank and shocking interview with an African-American waiter, Booker Wright, who told the cameras what it was like working in a whites-only restaurant in the south.
In 2014, De Felitta directed "Rob The Mob", which starred Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia and Ray Romano.
De Felitta was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television and Mini-Series.
In 2018, De Felitta directed the baseball-themed drama 'Bottom Of The Ninth', starring Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello De Felitta's long running daily blog "Movies Til Dawn", hosted on his official site, features YouTube clips and discussions of subjects that include film, urban history, music, dance and vintage television.
Guests have included Peter Bogdanovich, John Sayles, Mary Harron, Harold Becker, Griffin Dunne, Andy Garcia, Mel Brooks and others.