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Louis
Venezia

Writer & Creative Director

Louis Venezia founded and is the chief creative officer at Pilot Content, an award-winning creative agency and production company that helps entertainment brands like FX, Paramount+, AMC+, Peacock, Amazon Studios, Bravo and Nick Jr tell their stories.

01 — ABOUT

Portrait of Louis Venezia, smiling, in glasses and a checked shirt, in front of green leaves.

Louis Venezia

Through his production company CoPilot Pictures, Louis has executive produced several notable documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated “The Diplomat” (HBO), “Night School” (Tribeca 2016), “Frame By Frame” (SXSW 2015), “Mateo” (SXSW 2014/Netflix), “Our Nixon” (SXSW 2013/CNN), “Maidentrip” (SXSW 2013 Audience Award), and “Becoming Santa” (SXSW 2011 Audience Award).

Before starting his companies, Louis was the director of on-air creative for VH1 during their 2003 rebrand.

He is a proud graduate of Rutgers College--New Brunswick, NJ. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife and their animals.

02 — THE ACCIDENTAL OWNER

Essays (and tips of the trade) from a writer and creative director who has no business running his business.

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03 — COPILOT PICTURES

CoPilot
Pictures

For select projects CoPilot Pictures teams up with filmmakers to produce documentary films across all genres. I typically come on as an executive producer and work with filmmakers to help them realize their vision.

04 — ALWAYS BE WRITING

Always Be
Writing

05 — PILOT CONTENT

Pilot
Content

I founded Pilot Content in 2008 as a creative agency and production company in New York. Over the last 18 years, we’ve worked with a wide array of entertainment marketing and corporate clients to create content and solve problems together. See our work or request reels at www.pilotnyc.com.