Vivieno Caldinelli

Vivieno Caldinelli is a Canadian film and television director from Hamilton, Ontario.[1] He is most noted for his work as a director of Baroness von Sketch Show, for which he won both the Directors Guild of Canada award for Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series[2] and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series.[3]

His debut feature film, Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss, was released in 2018.[4] He followed up in 2024 with Scared Shitless,[5] which was second runner-up for the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.[6]

He was formerly a partner with Mark Montefiore in Polenta Productions.[1] His other television credits have included Picnicface,[7] This Hour Has 22 Minutes,[8] Hotbox,[9] HumanTown[10] and Bruno & Boots.[11]

He was also a performer in Hotbox, a sketch comedy series.[9]

  1. ^ a b Lori Littleton, "Tweaking worked as short film picked for showcase". St. Catharines Standard, August 9, 2005.
  2. ^ Nick Krewen, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners". Playback, October 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Nick Schager, "Film Review: ‘7 Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss by Passing Through the Gateway Chosen by the Holy Storsh’". Variety, May 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Simon Rother, "“Scared Sh*tless”: Steven Ogg Plunges Fantasia Film Fest into Toilet Horror (Movie Review)". iHorror, July 28, 2024.
  6. ^ Jeremy Kay, "‘Bookworm’ wins 2024 Fantasia audience award for best international film". Screen Daily, August 6, 2024.
  7. ^ Diane Wild, "Picnicface premieres Sept 21 on The Comedy Network". TV, eh?, July 26, 2011.
  8. ^ "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". The Canadian Encyclopedia, May 14, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Brian Gorman, "Thornton's owl hatches 'Hotbox'". Sudbury Star, June 4, 2009.
  10. ^ Katie Bailey, "ComedyCoup winner HumanTown starts production". Playback, September 14, 2015.
  11. ^ Jordan Pinto, "Bruno & Boots MOWs go to camera". Playback, August 25, 2016.