Tom Cappello
Birth Name:
Tom Cappello
Profession
Producer, Director, Production manager, Writer
Fast Facts
- Formed the Atlanta Chapter of the Producers Guild of America and has served as its president
- Has partnered on advocacy projects with international nonprofit organizations like CARE, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Measles & Rubella Initiative
- His feature directorial debut, "A Powerful Noise," premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
- Earned his master's degree in Film Studies from Emory University
- Graduated from Florida State University's Film School
- Characters and stories that resonated with him inspired him to produce film and television
- Has executive produced, directed and written for non-fiction television and branded entertainment for the History Channel, TNT, National Geographic, PBS, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Sports, Coca-Cola, Comcast, UPS and Chick-fil-A
- Started Crazy Legs Productions in 2006 with his wife, Allison Troxell
- Joined the board of the Georgia Economic Development Council
- One of his proudest accomplishments was getting through his first stand-up comedy routine unscathed