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Tommy Avallone is an American film director and producer. [1] [2] 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. [3] [4]
Avallone was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 2001. [5] At the age of 20 years he was running for mayor of his hometown. [6]
Avallone's debut feature documentary, I Am Santa Claus, premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival, in 2014. [7] 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. [8] In 2019, he directed the feature documentary, Waldo on Weed, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was nominated at the Philadelphia Film Festival. [9] [10]
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. [11] [12] The docuseries premiered on Peacock on October 12, 2022.
Year | Title | Writer | Director | Editor | Producer | Note |
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2009 | Community College | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Feature film |
2009 | No Footing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Feature film |
2011 | Miss December | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Feature film |
2012 | Mancation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Feature film |
2014 | I Am Santa Claus | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Documentary |
2016 | Ghostheads | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Documentary |
2018 | The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Documentary |
2019 | Waldo on Weed | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Documentary |
2022 | I Love You, You Hate Me | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Docuseries |
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