Twisted Pumpkin Inc. Founder and CEO Tim Calandrello

Tim Calandrello is an accomplished filmmaker who has worked for 20yrs perfecting his craft with some of the biggest filmmakers and stars in the entertainment industry including Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Morgan Spurlock, James Moll, Spike Jonze, James Franco, Nancy Spielberg and Meryl Streep.  Tim has also worked extensively with musicians and composers including Hans Zimmer, Nathan Wang, Benjamin Wallfisch, Dhani Harrison, Everclear, The Crystal Method, Foo Fighters, Five Finger Death Punch, Alice Cooper, P!NK, Rob Zombie, DJ Rap, NKOTB, Moby, Chris Cornell, Liz Phair, The Avett Brothers and others.

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Tim was recently nominated for a 2019 GOLDEN TRAILER AWARD. He produced and edited the feature documentary “OBEY GIANT” for hulu, and he wrote, produced and edited the film “HIRED GUN” for NETFLIX.  Both films have been critical and commercial successes.

In addition to “HIRED GUN” and “OBEY GIANT”, some of his documentary credits include the Steven Spielberg produced "AUSCHWITZ”, "FARMLAND" from Academy Award-Winning director James Moll and the Grammy Award-Winning film "FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH," for which he was awarded a GOLD RECORD and an NME AWARD. He has been recognized with four NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES AWARDS, was a 2017 HMMA AWARD NOMINEE for Best Music Documentary and he was awarded a 2018 WEBBY AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY.

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His work has been seen in hundreds of film trailers, promos, television shows, music videos, pilots and specials, for clients including Disney, Amblin, Sony, Apple, RCA Records, NBC, AMC, Showtime, ESPN, Fox, Verizon, & the NBA to name a few.

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AWARDS

2019 GOLDEN TRAILER AWARD NOMINEE (WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY)

2018 WEBBY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY (OBEY GIANT)

2017 HMMA AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY (HIRED GUN)

2017 IIFC NOMINEE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY (HIRED GUN)

2016 RIFF BEST FEATURE WINNER (HIRED GUN)

2012 GOLD RECORD RECIPIENT

2012 NME AWARD WINNER (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH)

2011 EDITOR OF GRAMMY AWARD WINNER (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH)

4-TIME NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD WINNER

Tim was a guest on the Cinema After Dark Podcast hosted by Max Cole. Film, Art, Music and many other topics were discussed. If you'd like to hear the show the episode is available HERE