Casey Tebo
Casey Tebo | |
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Born | Casey Patrick Thibeault November 22, 1980 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, film producer |
Casey Tebo (born Casey Patrick Thibeault) is an American film director from Boston, Massachusetts. In the fall of 2020, he directed the scifi horror action film
Career
A graduate of Apponequet Regional High School who later studied filmmaking at Southern Connecticut State University, and the now closed BFVF in Boston, Tebo was working as a graphic artist and designed some of Aerosmith's official shirts as he was discovered by the band's singer Steven Tyler, who invited him to film one of their upcoming concerts. The footage was eventually approved to be used on the live album Rockin' the Joint, which Tebo edited alongside English music director Dick Carruthers. Tyler was impressed and asked Tebo to become their road documentarian.[1]
Prior to becoming a director, Tebo was a graphic artist, collaborating with Outkast, Radiohead, Deep Purple, Kid Rock, Slash and Stone Temple Pilots. He's been published in Rolling Stone, Spin, and Playboy.
His first narrative short film entitled "The Captivus 2.0" was released in March 2011, and played at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival the Seattle International Film Festival. The sets and costumes were constructed entirely of recycled materials. The short gained attention online, receiving praise and social media attention from Joss Whedon, Seth Green, Zachary Levi, and producer Adi Shankar.
In 2013 Tebo's first feature film was released, a concert film entitled "Rock For The Rising Sun". The film tells the story of Aerosmith's journey to Japan shortly after the
In 2014, Tebo wrote and directed his first narrative feature film entitled Happy Birthday!, released in 2016.
In the spring of 2015, Tebo won an Emmy as a segment director for his work on ESPN2's E: 60 Special "Dream On: Stories of Boston’s Strongest"
Tebo has directed 8 episodes of the TV series CMT Crossroads:
- Randy Travis and The Avett Brothers
- Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks
- The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy
- Dierks Bentley and One Republic
- Kacey Musgraves and Katy Perry
- John Legend and Lee Ann Womack
- Bob Seger and Jason Aldean
In the summer of 2015, Tebo along with film producer Todd Thompson from Cross Creek Pictures, started a new television production company called Vermilion Entertainment.
Recent projects
In 2017–2018 Tebo wrote two feature-length scripts, "Mad Bastard" an original story by British writer, Christopher Bell. The film is in production at
In 2019 Tebo and Thompson's Vermilion Entertainment secured their first scripted television show at Universal Cable Productions, a reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock Presents written by Patrick Macmanus.
In 2019 Tebo was credited as a producer on his friend Seth Green's directorial debut, Changeland, though in press Tebo has said he offered little more than "moral support"
In 2020 Tebo directed a feature documentary on the troubling state of legal cannabis and CBD industries in the United States entitled "Barely Legal". It was produced by Michael Thompson, the younger brother of Tebo's producing partner Todd Thompson.
In 2020 via Instagram Tebo announced he had signed a contract to direct the Alien invasion thriller "Black Friday" starring Bruce Campbell, Michael Jai White, and Devon Sawa. Filming took place in Boston in the fall/winter of 2020.
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External links
- Casey Tebo at IMDb