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name: "John Convertino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-convertino"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 April 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T07:37:22.184978+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."
---

# John Convertino

Composer. Born 24 April 1963 in Mineola, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 April 1963, Mineola, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204419

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Guard*](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md) (78)

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## Biography

John Convertino is an American musician and actor. He is the drummer and co-founder of the indie rock band Calexico, with whom he has contributed to numerous film soundtracks.

Convertino has appeared in small acting roles, including as an El Rodeo Band Member in *Collateral* (2004) and Brass Band Player #2 in *I'm Not There* (2007). Calexico provided the original music for *The Guard* (2011).

Born on 24 April 1963 in Mineola, New York, he grew up in Oklahoma and began his career playing in the band Giant Sand before forming Calexico with Joey Burns.

*Sources: imdb.com, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Collateral* (2004), Fi1m 85, as El Rodeo Band Member — [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Guard* (2011), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)

## Also known for

- *I'm Not There* (2007), Brass Band Player #2

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