Christian Picciolini

Christian Picciolini
Born	November 3, 1973 (1973-11-03) (age 38) Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Television Producer Talent Manager Record Label Owner Visual Artist Writer Musician

Christian Picciolini (born November 3, 1973) is a Chicago-based director, television producer, director, talent manager and music executive, visual artist, writer, entrepreneur, musician, and former CEO of Chaos Records.

After attending DePaul University, Picciolini spent time writing his currently unreleased autobiography, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead, about his experience as a youth involved in the early American white power skinhead scene. His writings and editorial pieces have apppeared in magazines like Alternative Press and news outlets like Huffington Post. Picciolini's writings are known for their use of natural language and poignant dialogue. He currently is the co-Owner, Executive Producer and General Manager of JBTV Entertainment Media LLC and JBTV, an Emmy Award and Billboard Music Award winning music television program and network based in Chicago. He is the co-Founder of the online social culture magazine LifeAfterHate.org and a frequent contributor to his personal blog. In 2011, Picciolini was twice nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award for his role as Executive Producer of JBTV. He was also nominated in 2010 for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award for Directing, became a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Rock Committee, and founded the Chicago Music Collective, an organization that aims to organize and aid promising musical artists in the Chicago area.

Life and Career

Picciolini was born and raised in Blue Island, Illinois, the son of Italian immigrants. His father was a hair salon owner and his mother is a restaurant owner. After several years at IBM Corporation as a Senior Marketing and Operations Specialist, he left and formed his own record label, Sinister Muse Records, and artist development company/think tank GOLDMILL Group. In the 1990s, he also founded the punk rock band Random55. Picciolini currently manages Chicago Celtic punk band Flatfoot 56.

Picciolini also managed or released albums for such musical acts as The Frantic, Street Dogs, Murder The Stout, producer Johnny Rioux, Treaty of Paris (band), The Briggs, Joey Briggs, Blacklist Royals, State And Madison, Urbanites, The Noise FM, Graham Isaacson, Random55, Dead Town Revival, The Spent .50s, Graham Isaacson and The Tattle Tales.

In 1990, Picciolini started his first musical group White American Youth, or W.A.Y. and released a record entitled "Walk Alone" on influential Rock-O-Rama Records from Germany. The group disbanded in 1992 and Picciolini went on to form the band Final Solution who, along with fellow pioneering American white power band Bound for Glory (band), was the first American white power rock band to play a concert in Europe or abroad, setting a historical precedent that gained exponentially as the years went on. The concert in Weimar, Germany had over 4,000 attendees from all over Europe. The concert also included the German bands Störkraft and Radikahl.

Picciolini denounced his belief in the white power racist movement in 1994 and penned a memoir about his experiences, Romantic Violence: Memoirs Of An American Skinhead.^[1]

Television Producing, Acting and Directing Credits

His producing credits include JBTV and JBTV Static Age. Directing credits include JBTV and the "Courage" music video by Flatfoot 56. New television shows currently in production by Picciolini are "Dinner And A Rock Show" and "Step Off." In addition to producing and directing, he appeared in the stage adaptation of "Man And Superman" and as an extra in the film "Light It Up" with Usher (entertainer) and Forest Whitaker.

Awards and Honors

In 2011, Picciolini was twice nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Midwest Regional Emmy Awards for his role as Executive Producer of JBTV. In 2010, He was nominated for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award as Director of the "Courage" music video by Flatfoot 56 and became a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Rock Committee.

While Executive Producer and General Manager of JBTV in 2010 and 2011, the music program was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won one Emmy Award for motion graphics/animation production. In 2010, JBTV was also nominated and won a Chicago Music Award for "Best Music Video Program."

In June 2011, Picciolini was a panel speaker at the inaugural Google Ideas, Tribeca Film Festival and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Summit Against Violent Extremism (SAVE)in Dublin, Ireland, convening former members of violent organizations from inner-city gangs to right-wing militants and religious extremist groups, who are now actively and publicly working for groups that fight extremism and are recognized by local governments and law enforcement.

References

1. ^ Romantic Violence: Memoirs Of An American Skinhead.

External links

• ChristianPicciolini.com
• Christian Picciolini Twitter

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Name	Picciolini, Christian
Alternative names	Picciolini, Chris
Short description	American television producer, talent manager, entrepreneur, visual artist, writer and musician
Date of birth	November 3, 1973
Place of birth	Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.
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