Neill Calabro
Neill Calabro (born September 24, 1960) is an American writer, film director, actor, and musician. He is best known for his novel, Hanging Angels,[1] and his film collaboration with director Steve Balderson on The Casserole Club, Culture Shock, and Occupying Ed.
Early life[edit]
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.[2] The band he co-founded in the 80's, Insanity (of Athens, GA), came to a final end when lead singer, Rick Martin, died of bone and lunger cancer, August 1, 2001.[3]
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.[4] He returned to Georgia from L.A. and began writing and directing.
In 2013, he began writing for the Jones County News, a print and online newspaper in Middle Georgia which county has an estimated 30,000 people. His stories focus on area historical sites such as Flannery O'Connor's Andalusia farm in Milledgeville, Civil War town Old Clinton, the 1803 Hunt House in Wayside.[5](which sits across from Otis Redding's ranch, in jeopardy of destruction), The National Geographic Channel's show Diggers which filmed on Jones County's famous battle site of Griswoldville, plus many other.
In 2014, as a solo artist under the name Neilliene, his Christmas song and video Survive This Life - Kids Asleep At Christmas received the fourth highest fan vote total out of 260 worldwide submissions in the Songs For Peace international contest.[6]
Films[edit]
Skipp'n The Heat[edit]
Billed as one of the internet's first Web Series, it was shot in 1999 with 14 episodes averaging 4 minutes each. it features guerilla-style footage at, and in, the Atlanta airport and was the last indie that shot without airport security permission after 9-11. Originally, parts of the footage were incorporated into Calabro's 2002 first feature, Cultivision (collapsing stars). The entire web series was released in 2015.[7]
Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, GA Lives[edit]
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.[8]
Cultivision (collapsing stars)[edit]
Starring Danny Vinson, and Monica Ambrose from The Amazing Race 4, Calabro's Sci-Fi Farce explores a Scientology type cult that worships Rod Serling.
The Casserole Club[edit]
Neill wrote and directed the "Groovy" TV show within the movie for this Steve Balderson production.
Culture Shock[edit]
Neill wrote and directed the opening kidnapping segment representing a viral video for this Steve Balderson production.
Occupying Ed[edit]
Neill wrote and directed footage for the bar scenes in the Balderson film. Calabro's entire filmette, entitled You're My What? was nominated Best Of Georgia Films at the Milledgeville Film Fest, 2014 [9]
Filmography[edit]
Film director[edit]
- Skipp'n The Heat (web series, 2015)
- You're My What? (short, 2013)
- 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[edit]
- ↑ "Hanging Angels by Neill Edward Calabro". Writer for CiRCE Institute.
- ↑ "Neill Calabro Augments Swimming Pool Q's with vibes". Bar None Records.
- ↑ "Insanity (of Athens, GA)". IMDB.com.
- ↑ "Acting/Travel book". Book.
- ↑ "Jones County News". Newspaper.
- ↑ "Songs For Peace". website.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "NATAS screen Fried Green Tomorrows". Fried Green Tomorrows Press Release.
- ↑ "Milledgeville Film Fest". Fest Site.
External links[edit]
- Neill Calabro on IMDb
- Jones County News feature story on Neill Calabro
- Creative Loafing - interview with Neill Calabro
- Creative Loafing - Announcing Cultivision screening
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