
Pete Scalzitti
Visual Effects
Biography
Pete Scalzitti is an American animator, director, editor, VFX artist, and accordionist. He animated "Snackatron 3000" 's face and full body VFX shots in Pizza Movie (Hulu, 2026). He animated, designed, and edited Kate Siegel's Stephen King written animated short "Lily" (Tribeca Film Festival 2025); he co-directed and animated "The Scariest Skeleton" with Mali Elfman (2024) and "Amy" by BRONTOSORUS (SXSW 2010); as an editor and cinematographer he toured with Ukrainian refugees to create documentary featurettes for the Met Opera's PBS program "The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Kennedy Center" (2022), and similarly for The Met Opera's "Live in HD" series (2019-). As an accordionist, Pete received a Special Thanks credit in "Weird: The Al Yankovich Story" (2022) for teaching Daniel Radcliffe to play accordion for his portrayal of Weird Al.
Known For

A group of college students go downstairs to their dorm lobby to get a delivery pizza. There's only one issue: They're insanely high on a homemade drug, turning their simple journey down two sets of stairs into a mind-bendingly transformative quest.
Pizza Movie

A third-grader discovers a tiger lurking in his school bathroom.
Lily

Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for the first time at the Met. David McVicar’s thrilling production also features tenor Freddie De Tommaso in his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse baritone Quinn Kelsey as the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

“Little” longs to be scary, but with his tiny roar, none of the other skeletons will let him play. That is, until his unscareable human friend Lily decides to help.
The Scariest Skeleton
Lyle, sick of his girlfriend's annoying laugh, wants to end their relationship. Too scared to do it honestly, he enacts a scheme to convince her that they must break up because he is at the center of an epic battle between man, beast and fowl. Unfortunately, it all goes according to plan in this epic comedy filled to the brim with twists and turns.
Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses

Tells the story of a major American film capital before Hollywood.... Fort Lee, New Jersey.