Anthony Spadaccini is an award-winning filmmaker from Delaware

Delaware

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, noted for his unique experimental style of visual storytelling.

Biography

Anthony Edward Spadaccini was born April 14, 1982 in Wilmington, Delaware. His father Louis was a musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 and lyricist, while his mother Melissa was a singer. Louis & Melissa released a Christian

Christian

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 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

/pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 album in 1986 entitled Read My Heart, when Anthony was only 4 years old.

Anthony’s favorite hobby growing up was writing, acting, and recording fictitious radio shows and sitcoms on cassette. Once his younger sister Rebecca was old enough, she joined him. Anthony has credited Rebecca for helping fuel his creativity. The duo created a show entitled Jan and Phillip, which started out as a childhood game of “playing house” (with serious intentions). Eventually, the show evolved into a satirical parody of parenting as Anthony & Rebecca reached their teenage years, spinning off first into Jan and later into The Jan and Phillip Show. Anthony has plans to either release selected recordings of The Jan and Phillip Show, or use it as a blueprint for a feature film script.

In high school, Anthony got his first video camera (a Zenith

Zenith

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 camcorder

Camcorder

A camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. Equipment manufacturers do not seem to have strict guidelines for the term usage...

 from the early 1980s) as a gift from his grandparents and began writing and directing several shorts and features. He considered filmmaking a hobby while working many entry-level customer service

Customer service

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, telemarketing

Telemarketing

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, and data entry jobs to support himself.

When his father Louis died February 5, 2004 of acute pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis or acute pancreatic necrosis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas. It can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment...

, he left behind several unfinished projects behind – including an unpublished manuscript

Manuscript

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 and lyrics for a planned follow-up to Read My Heart. Anthony saw this as a sign that he should get serious about filmmaking.

Shortly thereafter, Anthony uploaded his short film The Troubled Interviewee to iFilm

IFilm

ifilm.com was an online archive of short films, movie trailers, and other video clips of interest. Ifilm.com was originally founded by independent filmmaker Raphael Raphael in 1997 as an independent film and media collective...

. Anthony had never publicly screened his work before and wanted to see if he was really any good at what he ultimately wanted to do with his life.

Film career

In 2004, Spadaccini founded Fleet Street Films, an independent film production company focusing on microcinema

Microcinema

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 endeavors.

After The Troubled Interviewee was well-received by viewers on iFilm

IFilm

ifilm.com was an online archive of short films, movie trailers, and other video clips of interest. Ifilm.com was originally founded by independent filmmaker Raphael Raphael in 1997 as an independent film and media collective...

 in the summer of 2004, Spadaccini directed a trilogy (called The Film Truth Collection) of feature-length cinema verite

Cinéma vérité

Cinéma vérité is a style of documentary filmmaking, combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic devices of editing and camerawork, staged set-ups, and the use of the camera to provoke subjects. It is also known for taking a provocative stance toward its topics.There are subtle yet...

 pseudo-documentaries: Unstable, Aftermath, & Hatred, which have been recognized by critics and audiences alike as hard-edged underground exercises in realism.

His short film Monday Morning (a tribute to the Chaplin/Keaton silent comedies) has played at numerous film festivals in the U.S. and Canada since 2005, and won 2nd place for Best Experimental Short at the 2006 Indie Gathering Film Festival. "The First Date", the follow-up to Monday Morning, won Best Experimental Short at the 2007 Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Spadaccini's critically acclaimed experimental short Emo Pill, distinguished for its beautiful & haunting imagery, has played at several festivals in the U.S. and Canada, debuting at the 2006 Newark Film Festival and winning 3rd Place for Best Experimental Short at the 2007 Indie Gathering Film Festival.

He also won Exemplary Filmmaking awards for both Emo Pill and Monday Morning at the 2006 Delaware Valley Film Festival.

Spadaccini's acting credits include Swedish dance/pop singer Bimbo Boy's Drama Queen music video, the sci-fi film The Rapture, and the horror short En Passant, all by award-winning filmmaker Johnny K. Wu.

Spadaccini's horror

Horror film

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 pseudo-documentary, Head Case

Head Case (film)

Head Case is a 2007 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by Anthony Spadaccini.The film is presented as a collection of home movies from serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, middle-class suburban residents of Claymont, Delaware who film their sadistic crimes.- Cast :* Paul...

, premiered at the 3rd annual Newark Film Festival in 2007. The film drew in the largest crowd for a local independent film for the second consecutive year (following Emo Pill & Unstable's release in 2006). Head Case

Head Case (film)

Head Case is a 2007 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by Anthony Spadaccini.The film is presented as a collection of home movies from serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, middle-class suburban residents of Claymont, Delaware who film their sadistic crimes.- Cast :* Paul...

repeated this feat in 2008, when a director's cut of the film screened at the same festival.

Anthony has made special appearances on the local and regional media circuit and was a guest speaker for independent film production at Wilmington University

Wilmington University

Wilmington University is a private educational institution, with its main campus located in New Castle near Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1968 as Wilmington College and was granted university status on September 10, 2007, after approval by the Board of Trustees and the Middle States...

 in 2006.

In January 2008, Spadaccini began attending Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University

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 in San Francisco, majoring in Motion Pictures & Television with a concentration in Producing.

In March 2009, Spadaccini made his music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 directorial debut, which featured Chris Watson

Chris Watson (singer)

Chris Watson is an American singer, actor & model. He was also a contestant on American Idol....

 (a well-received contestant on the 7th season of American Idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

) performing his song Still.

Following the underground success of Head Case

Head Case (film)

Head Case is a 2007 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by Anthony Spadaccini.The film is presented as a collection of home movies from serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, middle-class suburban residents of Claymont, Delaware who film their sadistic crimes.- Cast :* Paul...

, Spadaccini wrote & directed two follow-ups, The Ritual

The Ritual (film)

The Ritual is a 2009 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Anthony Spadaccini.The film is a sequel to Spadaccini's 2007 horror film Head Case and continues the story of Claymont, Delaware serial killer Wayne Montgomery, who films his crimes.The plot details...

 and Post-Mortem. In 2010, he wrote & directed the music video for Bimbo Boy's song Je Suis Une Superstar (Empire Diamond Radio Remix).

Filmography (2005-present)

Year	Title	Feature/Short/Music Video	Role
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Unstable	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Anthony")*
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Monday Morning	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Impatient Man")*
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Aftermath	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Anthony")*
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Drama Queen (performed by Bimbo Boy)	Music Video	Actor ("Drama Queen")
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Hatred	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Anthony")*
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	The First Date	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Bud")*
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	En Passant	Short	Actor ("Tony")
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Emo Pill	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Oliver Nelson")*
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Infinities Lock	Feature	Actor ("Roger")
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Room for Rent	Short	Writer/Director*
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Head Case Head Case (film) Head Case is a 2007 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by Anthony Spadaccini.The film is presented as a collection of home movies from serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, middle-class suburban residents of Claymont, Delaware who film their sadistic crimes.- Cast :* Paul...	Feature	Writer/Director*
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	a/s/l – A Tale of Online Dating	Short	Writer/Director*
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	The Rapture	Feature	Actor ("Punk")
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Amateur Porn Star Killer 2	Feature	Executive Producer
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Still (performed by Chris Watson Chris Watson (singer) Chris Watson is an American singer, actor & model. He was also a contestant on American Idol.... )	Music Video	Writer/Director*
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	The Ritual The Ritual (film) The Ritual is a 2009 pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Anthony Spadaccini.The film is a sequel to Spadaccini's 2007 horror film Head Case and continues the story of Claymont, Delaware serial killer Wayne Montgomery, who films his crimes.The plot details...	Feature	Writer/Director*
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Malevolent Ascent	Feature	Cinematographer (Behind-the-Scenes)
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	S.K.I.N.S. (Serial Killers In Need of Support)	Feature	Writer/Director*
2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...	Je Suis Une Superstar [Empire Diamond Radio Remix] (performed by Bimbo Boy)	Music Video	Writer/Director*
2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...	Post-Mortem	Feature	Writer/Director*
2011 2011 in film The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...	Beach Bums	Feature	Writer/Director*
2012 2012 in film The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2012...	Therapy	Feature	Writer/Director*

*Also produced

Early Filmography (1999-2005)

Most of these early films written & directed by Anthony Spadaccini were not released to the general public and therefore not considered to be part of his official filmography.

Year	Title	Feature/Short/Music Video	Role
1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...	Fredricka*	Short**	Writer/Director/Actor ("Bozzio")
1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...	Fredricka*	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Bozzio")
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Fredricka II*	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Bozzio")
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Fredricka III: Melinda vs. Fredricka*	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Bozzio")
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Life at the Dumpster*	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Film Director")
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Fredricka IV*	Feature	Writer/Director/Composer/Actor ("Bozzio")
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	Glenville*	Feature	Writer/Director/Composer/Actor ("Russell Brandon")
2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....	Glenville 2*	Feature	Writer/Director/Composer/Actor ("Russell Brandon")
2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...	Stranger in My House*	Short	Writer/Director
2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...	Glenville 3*	Feature	Writer/Director/Composer/Actor ("Russell Brandon")
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	The Troubled Interviewee	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Film Student")
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	The Stupid Intellectual*	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Film Student")
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	The Troubled Interviewee 2*	Short	Writer/Director/Actor ("Film Student")
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Phlegmville*	Feature	Writer/Director/Actor ("Lady’s Man")
2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...	Pool Girl*	Short	Writer/Director
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Glenville: Hell’s Homecoming	Feature	Writer/Director/Composer

*Not released to general public

**Series of short films