{{Short description|American journalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} [[Image:Tony Timpone.gif|right|thumb|Former ''Fangoria'' editor Tony Timpone, emceeing a Weekend of Horrors convention]] '''Tony Timpone''' is the former longtime editor of ''Fangoria'' magazine,<ref name=gallagher>Gallagher, Danny. "[https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/horror-magazine-fangoria-is-coming-back-and-it-will-be-headquarted-in-dallas-10388818 Fangoria Magazine Rises from the Dead Thanks to Cinestate]", ''Dallas Observer'', February 20, 2018.</ref><ref name=collis>Collis, Clark. "[https://ew.com/movies/2017/10/11/fangoria/ Magazine of the Living Dead: The bloody rise and frightful fall of Fangoria]", ''Entertainment Weekly'', October 11, 2017.</ref> as well as an author about the horror genre, a film festival programmer, and a producer/interviewer for horror-related TV and radio shows.
==Early life== Tony Timpone was born in New York City, raised in Queens, and graduated from New York University in 1985.<ref name="NYU Alumni">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyualumniblog.com/2019/07/horror-movie-expert-tony-timpone-wsc-85.html|title=Horror Movie Expert Tony Timpone (WSC '85) Shares his Journey from NYU Journalism to his Dream Job, as Editor of 'Fangoria"' Magazine|date=July 23, 2019|access-date=July 12, 2021|author= Arts and Science Alumni Staff}} New York University. Note: "WSC" means "Washington Square College," the arts and science undergraduate school at NYU's Washington Square campus.</ref> He wrote for the university's two student newspapers, ''The Courier'' and ''Washington Square News'', and majored in journalism.<ref name="NYU Alumni" /> As a child, he had read the influential ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine, and said he "always wanted to write for a magazine like that."<ref name="NYU Alumni" />
In high school, he had been president of a science-fiction club. He attended science-fiction conventions, where he would interview genre stars. Selling his freelance interviews, he launched his journalism career. He wanted to write for ''Fangoria'', but it was not accepting freelance articles at the time:
{{blockquote|However, they had a sister publication which was a monthly science fiction magazine, called ''Starlog''. While I was still a student at NYU, I was able to sell a few articles to ''Starlog,'' such as interviews with actors in the ''Star Trek'' films. I'd meet these actors at conventions, or if I found out they were going to be performing in a Broadway show, I would write to them and arrange interviews while they were in town. I also sold articles to other niche magazines, like ''Monsterland'' and ''Enterprise Incidents''. But ''Fangoria'' was the magazine I really wanted to work for.<ref name="NYU Alumni" />}}
==Career== ===''Fangoria''=== Tony Timpone began working with ''Fangoria'' magazine in 1985 and continued there until February 2010, when he was succeeded by Chris Alexander. He said of getting the job, starting under editor David McDonnell,<ref name="Shadow Realm">{{cite web| url=http://www.shadowrealminc.com/features/fangoria_tony.htm|title=''Fangoria'' 30th Anniversary: An Exclusive Interview with ''Fangoria'' Editor Tony Timpone|website=Flamedrop/Shadow Realm|date=2009|first=Paul|last=Bloom}}</ref> that:
{{blockquote|I first joined the ''Fangoria'' staff in July of 1985. It was my first job out of college, although I had been freelancing to ''Fango'''s sister publication ''Starlog'' during my last year at college. I began as an Editorial Assistant to then-Editor David Everitt, who decided to move on a month after I started. Since I was fresh out of college and this was my first job in publishing, I was a little too green to take over the job myself. So I served as the Managing Editor to Dave McDonnell, who took over as Editor until I got my wings. The following year, I was promoted to Editor in Chief.<ref name="Shadow Realm" />}}
In the early 1990s, Timpone was a consultant on three ''Fangoria'' movies for Columbia TriStar Home Video: ''Mindwarp'' (1991), ''Children of the Night'' (1991), and ''Severed Ties'' (1992).<ref name="Horrorchannel" /> In the early to mid-2000s, he served as an acquisitions chief for ''Fangoria'' 's various video labels.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} In addition, he was a producer/interviewer for Fangoria TV’s ''Screamography'',{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} a recurring guest on the since-defunct Sirius Satellite Radio show ''Fangoria Radio'' with host Dee Snider and co-host Debbie Rochon, for four years beginning in 2006,<ref name="All Access">{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/11197/dee-snider-to-host-fangoria-radio-on-sirius|title=Dee Snider to Host 'Fangoria Radio' on Sirius|date=June 22, 2006|access-date=July 13, 2021|website=All Access}}</ref><ref name="Syfy" /> and the co-producer/programming producer/moderator of ''Fangoria'''s Weekend of Horrors conventions from 1986 to 2009, and again beginning 2021<ref name="Creation Entertainment">{{cite web|url=https://www.creationent.com/past_events/dod2006/index.htm|title=Moments From Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors 2006|access-date=July 13, 2021}} Creation Entertainment</ref><ref name="MovieWeb">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/fangoria-weekend-of-horrors-2021/|title=Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Convention Will Be Resurrected in 2021|first=B. Alan|last=Orange|date=May 3, 2020|access-date=July 13, 2021|website=MovieWeb}}</ref><ref name="Monsterpalooza">{{cite web|url=https://horrornews.net/111083/monsterpalooza-fangoria-former-editor-tony-timpone-joins-monsterpalooza-la-conventions-scream-team/|title=Monsterpalooza: Fangoria former Editor Tony Timpone joins Monsterpalooza LA Conventions Scream Team|first=Adrian|last=Halen|date=August 28, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2021|website=Horrornews}}</ref>
After leaving his editor-in-chief position in 2010, Timpone began running ''Fangoria'''s video-on-demand and DVD divisions.<ref name="Syfy">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/author/tony-timpone-0|title=Tony Timpone|access-date=July 13, 2021}} Syfy</ref>
Timpone also edited ''Fangoria'''s sister publication ''Gorezone'', which lasted from 1989 to 1993.<ref name="Horrorchannel">{{cite web|url=https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=exclusive+interview+with+tony+timpone%2C+editor+of+fangoria+magazine&category=interviews|title=Exclusive Interview with Tony Timpone, Editor of 'Fangoria' Magazine|first=James|last=Whittington|date=June 29, 2006|access-date=July 13, 2021|website=Horrorchannel}}</ref>
===Other work=== Since 1993, Timpone has helped program international horror/fantasy festivals in Milan, Italy and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Before its closing, Timpone programmed and hosted The Two Boots Pioneer Theater's monthly "Monster Mondays" film series.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
Under the name Anthony Timpone, he authored the 1996 St. Martin's Press book ''Men, Makeup, and Monsters: Hollywood's Masters of Illusion and FX''.<ref name="Anaheim Public Library">{{cite web|url=http://link.library.anaheim.net/portal/Men-makeup-and-monsters--Hollywoods-masters-of/xyyfWs4O284/|title=''Men, makeup and monsters : Hollywood's masters of illusion and FX'', by Anthony Timpone|access-date=July 13, 2021}} Anaheim Public Library.</ref>
In late 2004, he served as a producer on Bravo’s five-hour documentary series ''The 100 Scariest Movie Moments'': "Kaufman Films needed a 'horror guy' to get them connected with the folks in the horror industry. So I came on board and tracked down and interviewed most of the scream greats for the series."<ref name="Horrorchannel" />
He was programming director and moderator for the horror conventions Monsterpalooza and Son of Monsterpalooza in at least 2016 and 2017.<ref name="Monsterpalooza" /> Since 1998, he has been the co-director of international programming for Montreal, Canada's Fantasia Film Festival.<ref name="Syfy" />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2001 || ''Satan's Menagerie'' || The Ghoul || TV-movie |- | 2003 ||''House of the Dead'' || Zombie || Uncredited |- | 2007 || ''Brutal Massacre: A Comedy'' || Himself || |- | 2007 || ''Dying for Change'' || Himself || |- | 2008 || ''Angel's Blade: The Ascension'' || Tony || |- | 2009 || ''His Name Was Jason'' || Himself |- | 2009 || ''The Psycho Legacy'' || Himself || In Production |- | 2009 || ''Horrorween'' || Himself || |- | 2020 || ''Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth'' || Himself || |- |}
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1123459/ Anthony Timpone] at the Internet Movie Database
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