Tommy Avallone

Tommy Avallone is an American film director and producer. 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.

Life and career Avallone was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 2001. At the age of 20 years he was running for mayor of his hometown.

Avallone's debut feature documentary, I Am Santa Claus, premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival, in 2014. 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. In 2019, he directed the feature documentary, Waldo on Weed, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was nominated at the Philadelphia Film Festival.

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. The docuseries premiered on Peacock on October 12, 2022.

Filmography YearTitle Writer Director Editor Producer Note 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

As Actor 2006 - 24 Hour Diner 2008 - The Editor 2008 - Scene In 2009 - Community College 2009 - No Footing 2010 - Living in 8 Bits 2011 - Our Footloose Remake 2011 - Miss December 2012 - Mancation 2014 - Our RoboCop Remake