From a young age, Joe immersed himself in the horror genre, loving the feeling of being scared and creeped out. Lucky for him, the 80's were a powerhouse time for horror films with the advent of the home video market. Joe watched everything he could get his hands on, taking in the craft of proper storytelling. While most kids his age were reading children's books, Joe found solace in Stephen King and Clive Barker. It was a natural progression for him to begin to write as a way to share the emotions he felt with others. His short story, about an airplane crash, garnered him the attention of the school psychologist, who thought his brutal story about death and survival, while well written, was something that needed to be addressed in counseling. What Joe took from it was the feeling of making an impact and affecting people, something he's continued to do throughout his career with films like "Blind", "Pretty Boy", "That's a Wrap", "Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar", "Garden of Eden" and "Brute 1976". Joe has worked with Paramount Pictures and was one of the writer's picked to finish George Romero's last zombie epic "Twilight of the Dead" which is in pre-production with Brad Anderson directing