Chad Villella (born February 12, 1977) is an American producer, writer, director and actor. He is co-creator of

Chad, Matt & Rob Chad, Matt & Rob was an American group of filmmakers based in Los Angeles known for their short films that blend comedy with horror, adventure, and sci-fi. Their most notable works include a series of ''Prank Gone Wrong'' found footage videos ...

and

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. His films include ''

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'', '' Ready or Not'', ''

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'', '' Devil's Due'' and '' Southbound''.

Biography

Villella is originally from

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and a graduate of

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. He is co-creator of the Center for Information Research Analysis And Training (

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Film

Villella is co-founder of the filmmaking collectives

and

''Chad, Matt & Rob''

Chad Villella co-founded

with

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (born February 19, 1978) is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is a founding member of the punk band Link 80 and co-creator of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. He is best know ...

and Rob Polonsky in 2007. The group is known for their unique blend of comedy, adventure,

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and horror. According to an interview in

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, Bettinelli-Olpin worked in the mailroom and later as the office manager at

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, where the group would sneak in after hours to use the offices as their sets. Among their numerous short films is the viral found footage style video ''Roommate Alien Prank Gone Bad'' and five installments of their first-of-its-kind series of

Interactive Adventures Chad, Matt & Rob was an American group of filmmakers based in Los Angeles known for their short films that blend comedy with horror, adventure, and sci-fi. Their most notable works include a series of ''Prank Gone Wrong'' found footage videos ...

.Lawton, Christopher (2009-02-04), "Video Sites Entice Users To Stay and Play." ''Wall Street Journal'' As of November 2013, their shorts have received near 70,000,000 views on the ''Chad, Matt & Rob''

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channel.

''Radio Silence''

After the dissolution of ''Chad, Matt & Rob'', Villella formed

with Bettinelli-Olpin,

Tyler Gillett Tyler Gillett is an American film director, cinematographer, writer, and producer. A co-creator of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, Gillett co-directed, with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, the horror films '' Devil's Due'' (2014), '' Ready or No ...

and

Justin Martinez Justin Martinez (born July 14, 1980) is an American film director, cinematographer, visual effects artist, writer and producer. He is a co-creator of Radio Silence, known for their work on the films ''V/H/S'', '' Devil's Due'', and '' Southbound ...

. The group directed a segment in the feature film ''

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and was acquired by

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. Their segment of ''V/H/S'' is titled ''10/31/98'' and according to

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the story is "set on Halloween as a group of friends go in search for a Halloween party." The following year, they made '' Devil's Due'' for

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and their film '' Southbound'' premiered at the 2015

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and was released theatrically by

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on February 5, 2016. On October 30, 2017, it was announced that the trio would adapt Bryce Moore's novel ''The Memory Thief'' for

. In March 2020, it was announced that Villella would executive produce the fifth installment of the ''Scream'' franchise, alongside Kevin Williamson with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett co-directing. The film will be released on January 14, 2022.

Filmography

External links

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Radio SilenceChad, Matt & Rob

References

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