Parish Malfitano is an award winning Italian Australian writer, director, producer, and founder of the production company,
Fantasma Picture House.

A graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), both Foundation Diploma and Bachelor of Arts: Screen, he honed his skills across various disciplines including writing, directing, producing, editing, cinematography, and sound design.

During the last couple of years of film school, Parish was Assistant Editor on ‘Dead Hands Dig Deep,’ a haunting feature documentary examining depravity and the manifestation of deep-rotted mental illness - this was very successful on the festival circuit, most notably gaining acceptance into Slamdance, Sydney Underground Film festival, Dark Mofo, Revelation Fest and Monster Fest. In the second year of AFTRS, Parish interned at Pacific Opera, which supports young singers through a program of education comprising artistic training, performance opportunities, and professional skills development. In the last year of his course, he was awarded the opportunity of an internship at See Pictures, an independent film company.

Within only a few years of graduating film school, Parish wrote, directed, and co-produced his debut feature, Bloodshot Heart, which esteemed critic, Adrian Martin, described as a “national rarity”. Despite the current worldwide disruption caused by the pandemic, this feature has succeeded in screening at many film festivals worldwide, including the Australian premiere at Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Fantaspoa Film Festival (South America’s largest genre festival), Cinefantasy Brazil, Fantastic Film Festival Australia, Shanghai International Film Festival, Cinequest LA, and Dances With Films Festival LA at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The film also received a cinema run at the Ritz, Sydney and Lido, Melbourne, and various regional cities around Australia. The film is available for streaming on one of Australia's major national broadcast stations, SBS On Demand.

Expanding his creative repertoire, Parish directed an opera music video featuring Soprano Imogen-Faith Malfitano, showcasing his versatility and ambition to explore diverse artistic mediums. His long-term ambition entails the writing of new theatre, librettos and stage productions for opera, extending beyond the existing canon.

Recently, Parish has completed post-production as a co-producer on the short film titled ‘Kriah’ and wrote, directed, produced, and edited, another short film titled ‘Worm’ both currently making rounds in the festival circuit, most notably, one of America's biggest festivals, Cinequest.

He also served as a programmer for the Fantastic Film Festival Australia in 2023.

Currently, Parish is in post-production for his next feature film, "Salt Along the Tongue," a Supernatural Drama, recognised as a semifinalist in the prestigious Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope screenplay competition.

He is also developing his next two feature films, ‘Sanctity of Flames,’ and ‘Kiss the Sore’.