Anthony Spadaccini

Anthony Spadaccini (born 1982) is a filmmaker from Delaware. Anthony Edward Spadaccini 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 growing up was writing, acting, and recording fictitious radio shows and sitcoms on cassette. Once his younger sister Rebecca was old enough, she joined him. Anthony has credited Rebecca for helping fuel his creativity.

In high school, Anthony got his first video camera (a Zenith camcorder from the early 1980s) as a gift from his grandparents and began writing and directing several shorts and features. He considered filmmaking a hobby while working many entry-level customer service, telemarketing, and data entry jobs to support himself.

When his father Louis died February 5, 2004, of acute pancreatitis, he left behind several unfinished projects – including an unpublished manuscript and lyrics for a planned follow-up to Read My Heart. Anthony saw this as a sign that he should get serious about filmmaking.

Shortly thereafter, Anthony uploaded his short film The Troubled Interviewee to iFilm. Anthony had never publicly screened his work before and wanted to see if he was really any good at what he ultimately wanted to do with his life.