Anthony Edward Spadaccini Net Worth is $20 Million
Anthony Edward Spadaccini Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anthony Spadaccini is an award-winning filmmaker from Delaware. Anthony was born April 14, 1982 in Wilmington, Delaware. His father Louis was a musician and lyricist, while his mother Melissa was a singer. Louis & Melissa released a Christian folk/pop album in 1986 entitled Read My Heart, when Anthony was only 4 years old. Anthony's favorite hobby ...
(on the challenges of being an indie filmmaker) Indie filmmaking has become a vicious competition. There's a lot of jealousy and malicious behavior between indie filmmakers. If you're proud of your work, other filmmakers will label you as self-congratulatory or pretentious and will hate you for it. You can't win. Someone's always going to hate you for no reason. But you can't ever let it stop you from doing what you love to do.
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I do admit that occasionally, I post a response to an online review of one of my films. Sometimes I agree with the reviewer. Sometimes I don't.
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I've always loved one word titles. Every film I make, I challenge myself to describe it in one word.
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Low-budget filmmaking is definitely a challenge. Everyone is working for little to no money. You have to keep everybody's spirits up, even when things aren't going well. But there aren't any egos. No one has any room to have an ego. We're all just starving artists suffering for our art. Post-production takes long sometimes due to the low budget. Editing sometimes can take forever. I have worked with some actors who expect the film to be done and released two weeks after principal photography wraps. That just doesn't happen. First and foremost, there has to be patience. Goes right along with teamwork. It starts from the top all the way on down. We're all there to do a job and, as cheesy as it sounds, we need to all work together. We're all in this together. Key word is together. No egos. No me first attitudes. Secondly, absolutely no one can complain. Complaints just destroy the morale of everyone else working under the exact same conditions. Thirdly, if you've committed to something, commit to it all the way through. Everyone just has to be on the same page. Leave your personal problems at the door. Easier said than done, I realize. But treat it like a job. Only much more fun. Be patient. Work together as a team. Don't complain. Put forth the effort you committed to. Have fun.
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Those who can appreciate underground independent films tend to be the ones that enjoy my films the most. Even if I had the budget, I would never make those kind of big-budget Hollywood films. Of course, I say this now, since I'm currently unknown. But seriously, I am not saying that I am above that. I am not. I'm a low budget independent filmmaker. But I have to believe in every project I ever embark on. If Unstable, Aftermath, and Hatred were shot any other way, I wouldn't have believed in them as much. The way I shot them plays a huge part in the actual story. In order for the audience to get what I was trying to say, they have to be fully engrossed in the story and the characters. These characters have to be real people. The story has to be relatable. I have found that underground independent films contain the most realistic characters. Even if they're shot on absolutely zero budget. I never set out to make message movies. I set out to make entertaining character studies on realistic characters dealing with realistic events. Some people have questioned the realism sometimes, such as the aftermath of the tragedy in Unstable. How the characters are just sitting around arguing instead of being completely freaked out. Especially my character. But they're in shock. Those who have experienced shock after a tragic event have been able to appreciate the characters' non-reaction to the events depicted in the films.
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As a filmmaker, it's hard not to take negative reviews personally. It's my art. My creation. It's what I do. It defines me. But I take every negative comment, every negative review, every criticism, and I learn. I am constantly learning. You have to be open and willing to admit your flaws and faults and learn from them. And move on. And become a better filmmaker (and person) because of it. And most importantly: be willing and able to take the criticism! If you can't, then don't be in this business.
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I realize that since I've made a choice to make films of an unorthodox style, they certainly will not appeal to all tastes. I've accepted that.
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I don't care if I am ever rich or famous. I just want to make movies that people are talking about at the end
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(on director David Lynch) He could turn a movie about an apple sitting on a table and make it into something really weird. That's why I admire him so much.
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Every single day, you learn something new about the filmmaking process. People who disagree are just lying.
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Of the entire cast and crew, the director has the biggest headache at the end of the day.
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While shooting, any problems with actors or crew members are dealt privately. I do not believe in publicly calling out anyone. It's counter-productive.
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I see so many of my peers indulge themselves in worldly wealth, materialism, and arrogance. Their clothing & shoes have to be from a certain designer brand. The more expensive the car, the more popular they are. Age is a disease to them. If someone over a certain age talks to them, they're afraid they might catch something. I don't really get into all that nonsense. My parents raised me to understand that while there's nothing wrong with having nice things, it's not a necessity and in no way makes me a better person. Furthermore, having a wide variety of friends is what makes life so interesting. I am proud to have friends of all ages and races. Hell, my three best friends in the entire world are 8, 10, and 20 years older than me. Sometimes, it's good to have an older, more mature person to share your concerns with.
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I don't get into all that movie hype. I wait until I'm good and ready to see it.
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George Lucas takes a lot of unfair heat for changing his Star Wars films over the years. They are his films, he's allowed to. When you grow as a filmmaker, you sometimes have the desire to improve your previous works. Correct continuity errors and plots holes. Maybe add back in a scene that was previously cut or reshoot a specific sequence. There's nothing wrong with that. And Lucas isn't the only one that has done that either. Other directors are doing it all the time. I am in the process of recutting and improving my older films and I am enjoying the experience.
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Fresh off directing & writing a short silent film entitled "Monday Morning," as well as a hate crime drama entitled "Unstable," he is in pre-production on two films, a character study on HIV called "Aftermath" and a full-length mockumentary entitled "Therapy." [May 2005]
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Was offered the opportunity to direct the pilot for an Atlanta-based reality show, but turned it down, citing his dislike for reality TV as the reason.
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Is of Italian-American descent.
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Originally wanted to just direct and write, but recently has decided to split his time between directing and acting.
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Last name is pronounced "spad-uh-CHEE-nee."
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Recorded several albums from 1991-1996 with his cousin Joe Russell in a group called 'The Wild Stallions.'
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His hobbies include reading, music, travel, photography, creative writing, film, dining out, & spending time at the beach.
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His father Louis wrote a hilarious short satire in 1986 entitled "The Election of Boottown," which Anthony hopes to someday turn into a feature film.
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Roommate & best friend of actor/producer Benjamin P. Ablao, Jr.
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Owner & CEO of Fleet Street Films, a production company specializing in microcinema feature & short films.
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