Neill Calabro

Neill Calabro (born September 24, 1960) is an American Screenwriter, film director, actor, and musician. He is best known for his collaboration with director Steve Balderson on The Casserole Club and Culture Shock.

Early life

Calabro was born in Orlando, Florida and raised in Lakeland, Florida after his parents left New York in the late 1950s. He studied piano and accordion before settling to percussion with a concentration on mallets.

Attending college in Georgia, and receiving a B.S. in Communications, Calabro continued his music prowess in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia performing with several bands, most notably A&M recording artists The Swimming Pool Q's for a period of ten years and recording on their most recent album.^[1]

His acting career began in the 1990s, as he traveled with fellow actor Emmy Collins from East to West coast, working on movie sets as an actor, stand-in or photo-double. Calabro's experiences led to the book Anyone Can Be in Movies.^[2] He returned to Georgia from L.A. and began writing and directing.

Films

Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, GA Lives

Shot on location in Juliette, Georgia the town used as the movie set for Fried Green Tomatoes, Calabro's documentary takes a look, 15 years later, at the development of the former ghost town with interviews and history. Exhibited by NATAS Screens It, a summer film series from the Southeast chapter of the National Academy Television Arts Sciences.^[3]

Cultivision (collapsing stars)

Starring Danny Vinson, and Monica Ambrose from The Amazing Race 4,^[4] Calabro's Sci-Fi Farce explores a Scientology type cult that worships Rod Serling.

The Casserole Club

Neill wrote and directed the "Groovy" TV show within the movie for this Steve Balderson production.

Culture Shock

Neill wrote and directed the opening kidnapping segment representing a viral video for this Steve Balderson production.

Filmography

Film director

• Through the Lens (short, 2012)
• The Groovy Show (short, 2011)
• Existence of Choice (student production, 2010)
• The Chicken Motel (short 2008)
• Before They Were Stars (short, 2008)
• Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette GA Lives (documentary, 2006)
• Cultivision (collapsing stars) (feature, 2002)
• Plastic Room (music video, 1995)
• Wet Camel (music video, 1990)

References

1. ^ "Neill Calabro Augments Swimming Pool Q's with vibes". Bar None Records. http://www.bar-none.com/swimming-pool-qs.html. 
2. ^ "Acting/Travel book". Book. http://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Can-Be-Movies-4/dp/1456526006. 
3. ^ "NATAS screen Fried Green Tomorrows". Fried Green Tomorrows Press Release. http://friedgreenproducts.com/antiques/neill/drama/fg2m-festivals.htm. 
4. ^ "Amazing Race contestants". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Amazing_Race_(U.S._TV_series)_contestants. 

External links

• Neill Calabro at the Internet Movie Database
• Jones County News feature story on Neill Calabro
• Creative Loafing - interview with Neill Calabro
• Creative Loafing - Announcing Cultivision screening

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Name	Calabro, Neill
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Short description	Film director
Date of birth	September 24, 1960
Place of birth	Orlando, Florida
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