Neill Calabro
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Neill Calabro 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.
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.
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.
He returned to Georgia from L.A. and began writing and directing.
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.
, Calabro's Sci-Fi Farce explores a Scientology
type cult that worships Rod Serling
.
Steve Balderson
Stephen Clark Balderson is an American film director.-Early life:Balderson was born in Manhattan, Kansas and raised in nearby Wamego, Kansas until the age of twelve, when his family moved to Manhattan. Balderson attended Manhattan High School. Though his class attendance was poor, Balderson...
on The Casserole Club and Culture Shock.
Early life
Calabro was born in Orlando, FloridaOrlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and raised in Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406...
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
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
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.
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.
He returned to Georgia from L.A. and began writing and directing.
Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, GA Lives
Shot on location in Juliette, GeorgiaJuliette, Georgia
Juliette is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg. The film Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of two...
the town used as the movie set for Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes may refer to:* Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, a 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg* Fried Green Tomatoes , a 1991 film adaptation of the novel* Fried Green Tomatoes , soundtrack to the 1991 film...
, 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.
Cultivision (collapsing stars)
Starring Danny Vinson, and Monica Ambrose from The Amazing Race 4The Amazing Race 4
The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth installment of the reality television show on US television The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 4 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
, Calabro's Sci-Fi Farce explores a Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
type cult that worships Rod Serling
Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling was an American screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen and helped form...
.
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.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)
External links
- Jones County News feature story on Neill Calabro
- Creative Loafing - interview with Neill Calabro
- Creative Loafing - Announcing Cultivision screening