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Joe Francis

Joe Francis

Joe Francis

Contributing Writer
I'm a filmmaker but I have a hard time calling myself a 'filmmaker' when I've only ever shot on DV. With 20 shorts and one feature under my belt, I've also got a wife and one year old son under there, too.

I'm a big big fan of 80's crap cinema, and some 80's not so crap cinema ranging from Robocop to Dead Heat. I'm also a fan of all things movies, as well, which is good considering my chosen profession. As with any schlock filmmaker I got interested in the hows and whys when I say Toxic Avenger and Robocop around age 7, it wasn't until I saw Clerks that I figured I could actually make a movie. That's when I grabbed all my friends and we started making crappy internet shorts. Luckily I met with friend/colleague Kevin Woods and he helped me write and produce my first feature, a horror, called Survival. Andrew loved it.

I also do freelance production work in Texas, with The Van Zandt Shakedown and my own 2nd feature Temporary Ink: An End Of The World Comedy set to shoot in 2008.

I live with my wife and one year old son in a small lake town directly outside of Dallas, Tx.

Joe Francis

Contact

joe at killerfilm dot com

Favorite Films

Robocop, Chasing Amy, True Romance, Near Dark, The Departed, The Room, Grosse Pointe Blank, Tromeo & Juliet, Porky's, Day of the Dead, The Wild Bunch, Pulp Fiction, Man on the Moon, Natural Born Killers, Rope, Rear Window, Street Fighter (Chiba), TCM 2, Nightmare on Elm Street, Blair Witch Project, Wet Hot American Summer

My Reviews

Read: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

from on 15/11/07
Read: Best teen flick of the 80's?

Best teen flick of the 80's?

from on 20/11/07

My Interviews

Read: Rider Strong

Rider Strong

from on 25/4/08
Rider Strong