Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Joe produced and directed television programming for local RCN Cable TV until he moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Later in 2000, Kodak Film selected Joe to attend the 'Cannes International Film Festival' and represent the United States. In 2001, Joe's thesis film, Last Breath (2001), was shown at several film festivals, and honored with the Visionary Award, granted by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU subsequently acquired domestic distribution rights to the picture. Off the success of Last Breath (2001), Joe wrote for several independent film companies throughout 2002-04. In October 2005, production began on Joe's feature directorial debut The American Standards (2008), an independent film that was shot in Louisiana, November 2005 with a cast including multiple Golden Globe winner James Brolin , Golden Globe winner Joanna Cassidy and'Tia Mowry'. Upon completion of his first feature film, Joe has begun writing several projects for the future. Two of those include projects for Brolin and Cassidy. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jack Mayhoffer
