---
name: "Chad Villella"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chad-villella"
fi1m_id: "chad-villella"
imdb_id: "nm2318753"
tmdb_id: 1039529
wikidata_id: "Q5066376"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "12 February 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-27T09:04:37.615237+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chad Villella

## Identity

Chad Villella

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chad-villella
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chad-villella
- **IMDb ID:** nm2318753
- **TMDB ID:** 1039529
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5066376
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Villella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066376, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2318753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1039529

Producer. Born 12 February 1977 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 12 February 1977, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Chad, Chad, Matt & Rob, Radio Silence
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 59 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Horror 4, Mystery 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $565m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Villella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066376, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2318753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1039529

## Biography

Chad Villella (born 12 February 1977) is an American producer, writer, director and actor. He is originally from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Mercyhurst College. He co-created the collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence.

Villella has produced or executive produced several horror films, including *Ready or Not* (2019), *Scream* (2022), *Scream VI* (2023) and *Abigail* (2024). He also directed segments of *V/H/S* (2012) and co-directed *Southbound* (2015). He left Radio Silence in 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Scream 7* (2026), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *Abigail* (2024), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Scream VI* (2023), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *Scream* (2022), Fi1m 66, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ready or Not: Here I Come* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Scream 7* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *Sweet Revenge* (2025), Producer
- *Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *Stereo-Vision* (2024), as Neighbor
- *Full Moon Glory Hole* (2024), Producer
- *Abigail* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *V/H/S/85* (2023), Producer
- *Scream VI* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *V/H/S/99* (2022), Producer
- *Scream* (2022), Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md)
- *V/H/S/94* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Ready or Not* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Southbound* (2015), as Mitch · Director
- *V/H/S* (2012), as Chad (segment "10/31/98") · Director, Writer
- *The Filming of Shakey Willis* (2010), as Nico Novac
- *The Robots Go Crazy*, Producer
- *Breedlove*, Producer
- *Something Murdered*, Producer
- *Man Vs.*, Producer
- *White Elephant*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Chad Villella](https://film.one/media/person/11675/gallery-a1a43f417374.jpg) Chad Villella — AllThatFunStuff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Chad_Villella.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Chad Villella](https://film.one/media/person/11675/gallery-a5bbe6115d19.jpg) Chad Villella — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chad-villella