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Chad Villella (born February 12, 1977) is an American producer, writer, director and actor. He is co-creator of Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. His films include V/H/S, Devil's Due, Southbound, Ready or Not, Scream, Scream VI and Abigail.
- “This New Thing called YouTube”
- “Let’s Take The Big Shot”
- “Fear and Fun Weren’T Compatible Feelings”
- “We Don’T Want to Do This If We Don’T Think We Can Do Wes Craven Justice”
Bettinelli-Olpin and Villella met first in the mid-2000s, in the back row of an acting class the day Villella had signed the lease on his first apartment in Los Angeles. They became fast friends and creative collaborators. “The typical acting thing wasn’t really for us,” Bettinelli-Olpin says. “So we sort of decided, hey, there’s this new thing cal...
While other collaborators they’ve worked with — including Polonsky and Justin Martinez, who pioneered the group’s use of cheap and effective visual effects — have moved on to other things over the years, Gillett, Bettinelli-Olpin and Villella all say they knew pretty much from that first short that they wanted to build their filmmaking careers toge...
Two years after “V/H/S” became a Sundance sensation, Radio Silence directed their first studio feature: “Devil’s Due,” for 20th Century Fox. The quasi-update of “Rosemary’s Baby” was meant to capitalize on the found footage horror craze but found itself instead on the downswing of a backlash against it. Reviews were not kind, and the film made a de...
Of all the horror franchises from the last 30 years, the “Scream” movies stand deliberately apart, as much about horror cinema as of it, thanks to the alchemy of screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s deftly self-aware screenplays and Craven’s peerless horror filmmaking. But “Scream 4,” which debuted in 2011, was Craven’s last film before he died in 2015,...
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Chad Villella is known for Scream (2022), Ready or Not (2019) and V/H/S (2012).
- Producer, Actor, Writer
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Mar 9, 2023 · Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella (AKA Radio Silence) walk IndieWire through their own terrifying journey: to meet major expectations.
Chad Villella was born on February 12, 1977 (age 45 years) in Pennsylvania, US. Villella is a local of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and an alum of Mercyhurst School. He is the co-maker of the Middle for Data Exploration Examination And Preparing (CIRAT).
Chad Villella (born February 12, 1977) is an American producer, writer, director and actor. He is co-creator of Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. His films include Scream, Ready or Not, V/H/S, Devil's Due and Southbound. Villella at Lincoln Center, August 21, 2019.
Jan 11, 2022 · Bettinelli-Olpin is part of a filmmaking team that calls themselves Radio Silence and on Scream, he and Tyler Gillett co-directed while their partner Chad Villella executive produced.
