Anthony Caldarella is an award - winning film and stage
director/screenwriter and actor.
He was born in Sicily and raised in New York City from the age of 13.
His first passion in the arts was music. In his early years, he was a
guitarist and singer/songwriter. Several of his songs were recorded by
various artists. As an actor, he trained with Lee Strasberg and Sanford
Meisner.
His film directorial debut was "My Brother Jack" starring Marco Leonardi
and Freddy Rodriguez. The film had its world premiere at the Hampton
Film Festival and has won several awards including best
Italian-American Film, best Actor, and best director at the Naples Film
Festival. The Maverick Film Award for best Director. The Method
Festival: four awards including best Director and best
Italian-American Film and The- Brooklyn/Manhattan Film Festival. My
Brother Jack was distributed by Castle Hill and released on ABC.
His stage credits include "A View from the Bridge" starring Burt Young
(Best Director Award from Drama Logue and LA Weekly) "Detective Story"
(Best Director Award from Drama Logue), the English classic "A Taste of
Honey", "The Price" by Arthur Miller at The Odyssey Theatre, the West
Coast premiere of "The Beauty Queen Of Leenane", Harold Pinter's "The
Lover" and "The Collection" at The Hudson Theatre, which won the 2002 LA
Weekly Best Director Award.
Mr. Caldarella was the founder and served as Artistic Director of the
Washington Market Playhouse, a non-profit theater group in New York
City's Tribeca, where he directed such plays as "The Hostage" by Brendan
Behan, "Small Craft Warning" by Tennessee Williams and "The Time of Your
Life" by William Saroyan.
Mr. Caldarella acting credits include the Los Angeles critically
acclaimed production "The Dodo Bird" at Theatre West, for which he won
the LA Weekly Best Actor award and also The Drama Logue. Before moving
to Los Angeles, Mr. Caldarella compiled an extensive list of
off-Broadway stage credits, including "Out Cry" by Tennessee Williams,
in which he played the lead and co-produced it with the participation of Mr.
Williams. He also played the lead in the West Coast Premiere of
"Modigliani". His film credits include "Blood Red" with Giancarlo Giannini
and Dennis Hopper, "Friends and Enemies" with Dean Stockwell and "The
Patriot" with Leslie Neilsen.
Mr. Caldarella is a director member of The Actors Studio.
