CLACKER CREATORS
“An Aussie and a Canadian walk into a bar…”
NATHAN BALDASSERO
ART/ANIMATION, CO-WRITER
Nathan is an award winning Filmmaker & Digital Artist based in Toronto, Canada. At age twelve, Nathan began shooting videos with his Uncle's Camcorder and soon started experimenting with a variety of storytelling techniques, ranging from Live Action Dramas to Stop-Motion Animation. Being a self-taught filmmaker, he quickly became the Director, Videographer, Editor, and Visual Effects Artist/Compositor for all of his early video projects, and went on to graduate from the Media Arts program at Sheridan College.
His short film, "All That You Loved", received the ‘Award of Excellence’ in the “Accolade Global Film Competition”, won ‘Best Short Short’ at the “Toronto Indie Film Festival” and was an ‘Official Selection’ for the "Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival", the “Montreal World Film Festival” , and the “Lost Episode Film Festival.”
"Onus", then went on to earn him a Best Director nomination at the Sheridan Media Arts Awards and was an ‘Official Selection’ at the "Hamilton Film Festival" and the "Starlite Film Festival".
Nathan's incredible passion for visual storytelling, keep him constantly inspired for the next exciting project.
STEVEN CALDWELL
PRODUCER, CO-WRITER
After graduating top of his film school class, Caldwell Entertainment (CE) founder Steven Caldwell built his hands-on capacity in the camera and editorial departments of several Australian feature films, where he worked with Chris Nyst (Gettin' Square), Firass Dirani (Underbelly: The Golden Mile, House Husbands), Jay Laga'aia (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), Josh Lawson (Any Questions For Ben, The Campaign) and Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Neighbours).
In 2010, Steven Caldwell produced and edited his debut feature film, Bad Behaviour, a serial killer thriller starring John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained), Roger Ward (Mad Max) and Jean Kittson (Good News Week). Bad Behaviour's Australian release was in 2013 and the film has won six festival awards, including an industry award for Steven's editing.
Steven has also worked on TVCs and other content for clients including City Beach, Super Cheap Auto, Nestle, Sony Pictures and Universal Studios. In the corporate world, Steven has produced and directed projects for clients including Queensland University of Technology, Hutchinson Builders, Play Force, the Queensland Government, Panelfab, Drake International and Gold Coast City Council.
