Tommy Avallone

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| birth_place = Haddon Heights, New Jersey

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Tommy Avallone is an American film director and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2018/10/director-tommy-avallone-telling-bill-murray-stories|title=Director Tommy Avallone on Breaking Through the Enigma of a Star and Telling the 'Bill Murray Stories'|website=nofilmschool.com|date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=2020-07-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-bill-murray-stories-tommy-avallone-sxsw-interview-1202335625/|title='The Bill Murray Stories' Director Tommy Avallone Dissects Iconic Actor's Strange Mythology — SXSW|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 12, 2018 |access-date=2020-07-27}} He is best known for his work on the documentaries I Am Santa Claus, The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man and Waldo on Weed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2014-12-06/dvdanger-i-am-santa-claus/|title=DVDanger: I Am Santa Claus Director, Tommy Avallone finds the men behind the beard|website=austinchronicle.com|access-date=2020-07-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-04-08/waldo-on-weed-documentary-cannabis-retinoblastoma|title=Review: A father fights for the life of his son in the documentary 'Waldo on Weed'|website=Los Angeles Times|date=April 8, 2020 |access-date=2020-07-27}}

Life and career

Avallone was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 2001.Graham, Kristen A. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56838428/tommy-avallone-runs-for-mayor/ "Youth will serve, candidate hopes; Tommy Avallone, 20, aspiring filmmaker, is counting on fellow students to elect him mayor of Haddon Heights."], The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2003. Accessed August 6, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "'I know enough people who graduated with me, graduated before me, after me so maybe they'll all vote and I'll win,' said Avallone, Haddon Heights High School Class of 2001." At the age of 20 years he was running for mayor of his hometown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/local-filmmaker-south-jersey-native-bill-murray-documentary-south-southwest/|title=Local filmmaker debuted Bill Murray documentary at South by Southwest|website=phillyvoice.com|date=March 5, 2018 |access-date=2020-07-27}}

Avallone's debut feature documentary, I Am Santa Claus, premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival, in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/04/15/santa-movie/25821375/|title=Celebrate Santa everyday, thanks to SJ filmmakers|website=courierpostonline.com|access-date=2020-07-27}} In 2018, he directed the feature documentary, The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man. It had its international premiere at Hot Docs and was nominated at American Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/hot-docs-review-bill-murray-stories-life-lessons/|title=Hot Docs review: The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man|website=nowtoronto.com|access-date=2020-07-27}} In 2019, he directed the feature documentary, Waldo on Weed, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was nominated at the Philadelphia Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/waldo-on-weed-the-most-personal-cannabis-documentary-ever/|title=WALDO ON WEED: THE MOST PERSONAL CANNABIS DOCUMENTARY EVER|website=laweekly.com|date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-07-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/waldo-on-weed-review-1203205193/|title=Tribeca Film Review: 'Waldo on Weed'|website=variety.com|date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=2020-07-27}}

In 2021, he directed and co-produced a two-part docuseries on Barney the Dinosaur entitled I Love You, You Hate Me with Scout Productions.{{cite web |url=https://www.cynopsis.com/11-16-21-julie-bowen-to-front-and-ep-new-nbc-comedy-under-new-deal-with-universal-television/ |title=In the news | website=Cynopsis.com |date=16 November 2021 |accessdate=11 June 2022}} {{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/peacock-virtual-docfest-lineup-joe-berlinger-shadowland-rosa-parks-prince-andrew-documentaries-1235100853/|title=Peacock Launches Virtual 'DocFest' Including Documentaries About Rosa Parks, Prince Andrew; Joe Berlinger's 'Shadowland'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 26, 2022 |access-date=2022-09-14}} The docuseries premiered on Peacock on October 12, 2022.

Filmography

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2009 \| Community College \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Feature film
2009 \| No Footing \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Feature film
2011 \| Miss December \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Feature film
2012 \| Mancation \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Feature film
2014 \| I Am Santa Claus \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary
2016 \| Ghostheads \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary
2018 \| The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary
2019 \| Waldo on Weed \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Documentary
2022 \| I Love You, You Hate Me \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{n}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{y}} \| Docuseries

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