Jim Calarco

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Jim Calarco is an actor and a media and drama instructor.

Early life[]

Calarco's hometown is North Bay, Ontario.

Career[]

Teaching and stage[]

He taught media and drama classes from 1969 to 2000.[1] His career began when he was working as the Artistic Director of Caruso's Dinner Theatre in North Bay in 1981 and 1982. Claire and Jim Calarco formed Pine Creek Theatre Productions in 1983, producing independent freelance theatre. Calarco was a drama consultant with the Near North School Board of Education prior to retirement in 2000.

After retiring from teaching, Calarco focused his career exclusively on film and television.

Film and television[]

Calarco became a board member of Loon Film Productions and of Nipissing University's Nipissing Stage in 2007. He served as a member of the Theatrical Advisory Committee for Canadore College between 2008 and 2009. Calarco worked through various casting agencies to seek new talent within northern Ontario by promoting original, innovative film development as a spokesperson for the Show Us Your Shorts film competition.[2] In 2008, he formed Real to Reel BG Agency with Kate Adams.

Calarco is a member of ACTRA and the Actors' Equity Association. His most recent works include A Dark Truth, The Riverbank (also known as Tracing Iris) and One Wish. One Wish won the Mexico City International Film Festival's Golden Palm Award and the Canada International Film Festival's Award of Excellence.[3]

In 2010, Calarco established North Star Talent Agency[4] with producer [5] to better represent actors from northern Ontario. Within the same year he started Real to Reel BG Agency with Kate Adams. In 2011, Calarco started Castnorth,[6] a film and television casting and audition agency.

Many of Calarco's latest movies have been available on Super Channel, including Dark Rising 1 and 2, A Dark Truth, High Chicago,[7] The Riverbank and The Entitled.

North Bay Nugget was released in September 2013: "Calarco can now add the Northern Flicks Award — top honours in CTV Television Network Best in Shorts competition — to his list of awards from a film that put the spotlight on dementia and Alzheimer's."[8]

Awards[]

Calarco won the Quonta Best Actor award in 1973[9] and in 2008 was inducted into the Northern Ontario Entertainers Hall of Fame.[10] Many of Calarco’s recent shorts have been nominated for awards, some as finalists, and his movies won many festival awards.

  • 1973 How The Other Half Lives – Best Actor Quonta Festival - Frank
  • 2007 That Was Easy – Best Screenplay[9] from Music and Film in Motion Awards, Nomination[11] and finalist from Music in Film and Motion Festival
  • 2008 Inducted into the Northern Ontario Entertainers Hall of Fame[10]
  • 2011 The House - CTV Best In Shorts:[12] Film North: Finalist, Mexico City International Film Festival:[13] Silver Palm Award,[14] ICFILMS (Milan): Top Twenty finalist
  • 2012 One Wish[1] — Mexico City International Film Festival: Golden Palm Award, Canada International Film Festival: Award of Excellence[3]
  • 2013 Strangers – Mexico City International Film Festival: Bronze Palm Award,[15] Canada International Film Festival: Award of Excellence, Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Northern Flicks Award and winner at The Rimini Italy Film Festival

Personal life[]

Calarco and his wife Claire married in 1969.

Filmography[]

Calarco has performed as an actor, producer, writer, director, casting director, musician and voiceover artist.

Acting[]

Year Title Format Role Note
1985 Street Smart Waiter
1988 No Angel Mayor Ruttan Caruso Production
1989–90 Moonlight Shadows TV series Jonah Rebus Six episodes
1991 Ravens Peak Edison Croft
1992 The Scaganegy Man Harrison
1999 The Lost Patrol Nick Delgenio Pine Creek Production
2001 Picture Claire Passenger on the train
2001 Soul Food TV series Senior lawyer 2 episodes
2002 My Name Is Tanino Mafia Don
2002 Conviction Parole Board Chairman James Calarco
2003 Benchmark Nick
2003 Into The Sunset Walt
2005 Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Tony Barna
2006 That Beautiful Somewhere Sergeant Mathis Loon Films Inc
2006 "Left Behind" Short Joe
2007 "That Was Easy" Short Man Pair of Ducks Production
2008 "Push" Short Doctor Roberts
2008–11 Météo+ TV series Homeless Man #1 / Chairman / Commissioner Charbonneau Production
2010 Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf TV movie News Reporter #1
2010 The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town TV miniseries Townsperson #1[9]
2010 "It Started with Rabbits" Short Dr. Carlino Pair of Ducks Production
2011 Citizen Gangster Priest Nathan Molando
2011 High Chicago Frank Alfons
2011 Dark Rising: The Savage Tales of Summer Vale Video The Priest
2011 Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! Video The Priest[16]
2011 I'm Yours Bus Station Attendant Uncredited
2011 The Entitled Detective Uncredited; also Stand-in[17]
2011 Running Mates Garrettesville Mayor Buck Productions
2011 "One Wish" Short Walter (Walt) Last Best Hope Production[18]
2011 "The House"[19] Short Husband Pair of Ducks Production[17]
2012 "Boys Will Be Boys" Short Narrator Voice over
2012 The Riverbank a.k.a. Tracing Iris Mayor Jack Stubbs The Film Works Inc.
2012 Les Bleus de Ramville TV series Dr. Egervari Carte Blanche Production
2012 "Morning Zombies" Short Janitor
2012 A Dark Truth a.k.a. The Truth Robert
2013 "Strangers" Short Bill
2013 Hard Rock Medical TV series Jason Cahill[20]
2013 Be My Valentine TV movie Carney as Jim Callarco
2014 The Captive Manager

Writer, producer and/or director[]

Year Title Format Position
2007 "That Was Easy" Short Screenplay Writer, Producer
2011 "One Wish" Short Writer, Executive Producer, Director
2011 "The House" Short Writer, Producer, Director
2013 "Strangers" Short Writer, Executive Producer

Other crew[]

Year Title Format Position Notes
2006 That Beautiful Somewhere Casting Associate, Unit Manager
2007 "That Was Easy" Short Casting Director
2011 Dark Rising Background Casting Director
2011 Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! Video Casting Director; Extras Casting; Unit Production Manager
2011 I'm Yours Extras Casting
2012 The Riverbank Northern Ontario Casting Associate
2012 Still Mine Extras Casting
2013 Hard Rock Medical TV series Casting Associate
2013 Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds TV series Northern Casting 2 episodes: "Season's Change", "The Trankartak"

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Writer's wish comes true with new film". Cottagecountrynow.ca. 2011-11-24. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  2. ^ "Show us your shorts". Sootoday.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  3. ^ a b "One Wish receives acclaim at west coast film festival". Northbaynipissing.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  4. ^ "New talent agency represents northern actors". Sootoday.com. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  5. ^ "City sees first talent agency open". Baytoday.ca. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  6. ^ "About Us — CAST North". Castnorth.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  7. ^ "Zombies, demons target city". North Bay Nugget.
  8. ^ "Strangers earns honour". North Bay Nugget.
  9. ^ a b c "Almaguin data" (PDF). Media.cottagecountrynpow.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  10. ^ a b nurun.com (2009-01-12). "Hall president humbled by honour". North Bay Nugget. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  11. ^ "Adams and Calarco go head to head". Baytoday.ca. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  12. ^ "Finalist" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  13. ^ "Award 'validation' for filmmaker". North Bay Nugget.
  14. ^ "Jim Calarco". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  15. ^ "Strangers captures bronze at Mexico International Film Festival". Baytoday.ca. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  16. ^ nurun.com (2009-10-20). "Sand worm crashes movie wedding". North Bay Nugget. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  17. ^ a b "Small film production in the area keeps local t..." North Bay Nugget.
  18. ^ "One Wish, The Lake and I'm Yours screening at Canadian Film Festival". Baytoday.ca. 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  19. ^ "News". Film North. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  20. ^ "Building films with Northern Talent". North Bay Nugget – via nugget.ca.
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