About

Argentine-born writer-director A.D. Calvo moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he was four. In 1974, his family relocated to the United States.

After a 15 year career as a software engineer and user interface designer, Calvo began exploring short form narrative and documentary filmmaking. His short expose on celebrity shock sculptor Daniel Edwards has garnered over one million views on YouTube and was a featured finalist on Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Online Film Festival. Calvo’s work has screened in numerous film festivals, including the prestigious Miami International Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival.

In 2008, Calvo completed his feature film debut, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, an ultra-low budget romantic fantasy starring Brendan Fehr (ROSWELL), Chad Lindberg (THE FAST & THE FURIOUS) and Tania Raymonde (LOST). TRACKS has received a variety of awards, including Best Feature Film, Audience Choice, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack. The film continues to make its way through the festival circuit and is attracting the interest of major distributors.

Welcome to La Danse Macabre: Filmmaking…The Death of Me, a blog about the trials and tribulations of chasing a dream. LDM is designed and maintained by writer-director A.D. Calvo. To find out more about A.D., please visit: www.goodnightfilm.com