long form videos. Tebo shot the documentary footage while on tour with the band, combined with the live performances, and put the film together without telling anyone. He flew to Los Angeles and screened the film for Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, who insisted it immediately be put out for release. In 2014, Tebo wrote and directed his first narrative feature film entitled Happy Birthday!, released in 2016. In the spring of 2015 Tebo won an Emmy as a segment director for his work on ESPN2's E: 60 Special "Dream On: Stories of Boston’s Strongest" Tebo has directed 8 episodes of the TV Series CMT Crossroads: Randy Travis and The Avett Brothers Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy Dierks Bentley and One Republic Kacey Musgraves and Katy Perry John Legend and Lee Ann Womack Bob Seger and Jason Aldean In the Summer of 2015 Tebo along with film producer Todd Thompson from Cross Creek Pictures, started a new Television production company called Vermilion Entertainment. Recent Projects In 2017-2018 Tebo wrote two feature-length scripts, "Mad Bastard" an original story by British writer, Christopher Bell. The film is in production at Millennium Films. In the Spring of 2017, Tebo partnered with Producer Paul Schiff on an original science fiction script "The Carrier" that he wrote. In 2019 Tebo and Thompson's Vermilion Entertainment secured their first scripted Television show at Universal Cable Productions, a reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock Presents written by Patrick Macmanus. In 2019 Tebo was credited as a Producer on his friend Seth Green's directorial debut, Changeland, though in press Tebo has said he offered little more than "moral support" In 2020 Tebo directed a feature documentary on the troubling state of legal Cannabis and CBD industries in the United States entitled "Barely Legal". It was produced by Michael Thompson, the younger brother of Tebo's producing partner Todd Thompson. In 2020 via Instagram Tebo announced he had signed a contract to direct the Alien invasion thriller "Black Friday" starring Bruce Campbell, Michael Jai White, and Devon Sawa. Filming took place in Boston in the fall/winter of 2020. Sources Variety Deadline Fox Boston. Website GeekNation IMDB References External links American music video directors Living people 1974 births Southern Connecticut State University alumni