...a somewhat misdirected midwestern kid living in LA and working in post-production on indie features shot on HD. Joe graduated from NYU's undergraduate film program in 2002 and worked at the Criterion Collection where he was paid minimum wage to watch movies. Blatantly Subtle was an idea that became a production animal as soon as Joe bought a DV camera and his friends Sam, Bob and Jill got religion in the form of Final Cut Pro and ideas over beer mugs in the East Village. Last year Joe won the Richard Vague NYU Grant to direct his first feature film ("How I Got Lost") and participated in the IFP NY Emerging Directors lab with Scott Macaulay.

Favorite Movies: Stand By Me, Annie Hall, The Bad News Bears, All the Real Girls, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind... I like stories you tell people in bars, or in the morning over coffee.

BS Projects:   Personal Soundtrack,Notes for a movie,ny movie,Bulletin Board,Wish I Had A Camera,Fantasy,How I Got Lost (short),Outlier (trailer),ACTORS,death by...,Sons of Liberty,Kaki King

CURRENT PROJECT: blatantly subtle POST in Hollywood, finishing "Sons of Liberty" and prepping "How I Got Lost" for production this winter