Carl Carabelli

The cut was accepted and the completed film premiered at the festival's Las Vegas program at The Palms Casino in 2002.

After graduation in 2001, Carl decided to go back to Seton Hall because the change in major had not afforded him the time to take one last class, Creative Filmmaking.

He enrolled as a non-matriculated student where he began production on "Changing Faces" in the Fall of 2001. A short black and white psychological thriller, Carl called on the services of Russ Russo, an actor who had worked with him in the past, his friends Jeff Pierro and Pete Albietz (who had worked on almost all of his student films), Director of Photography Jason Yanuzzi, and actress Amy Renee Herring to complete the film. After production was complete, on Russ' recommendation, Carl submitted a rough cut of the film to The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

He graduated from Notre Dame in 1997 and went on to Seton Hall University where in 1998 he became a brother of the New Jersey Gamma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, serving as Scholarship Chair, Educator and Pledge Master. While at Seton Hall he majored in English, hoping to continue a career as a writer after graduation. But, as Junior Year approached, he decided that he wasn't content with just writing, but wanted to direct as well. He switched his major to Communications with a concentration on film, video & television, becoming certified in TV & Video production in addition to writing & directing several short films as well as working as cameraman on several video productions.

Carl Carabelli Jr. was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1979 to Carl Carabelli Sr. & Florence Carabelli. A life-long Trenton resident, he discovered his love of movies at an early age. He was fascinated by movies such as E. T. , Raiders of the Lost Ark & Star Wars. Carl attended St. Joachim grammar school in Trenton where he began to delve early into creative writing, writing and directing a play in the 4th grade as well as writing and drawing his own comic books which he would give out to his classmates. After St. Joachim, Carl enrolled in Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey where he was a varsity athlete and a member of the National Honor Society. He was also associated with the school newspaper where he wrote for the sports section and drew original comic strips.