After UCLA Film School, Joe was thrust into the world of casting, working for Aaron Spelling and casting the hit show Melrose Place for two seasons. While at Spelling he worked on many projects including Savannah and Central Park West for CBS Productions and Malibu Shores for NBC. He then became Manager of feature casting for New Line Cinema and Fine Line Films. During his tenure at New Line/Fine Line, Joe worked with Valerie McCaffrey, VP of Casting on over 80 features (overseeing the casting as Casting Executives and doing the actual casting on many of the features)including, 'Lord of the Rings', American History X (1998), 'Magnolia', 'Boogie Nights', Dark City (1998), 'Rush Hour', 'Blade', Austin Powers Series, 'I Am Sam' and 'Pleasantville' to name just a few. Independently, he recently cast Beauty Shop (2004), A Complex Occupation (2004), _Motives (2004)_ , _Homeland Security (2003) (TV)_ for Paramount, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), and most recently Lionsgates' Cabin Fever (2002) in which Joe has his first feature film cameo as the Bowling Alley Killer. Joe's film company, Arcadian Films is set to produce the psychological horror film I Remember (2006) which was written by Joe and will be his directorial debut. Producing was the next success for Joe, with Superfag (2002), _Neo Ned (2004)_ The Surfer King (2005), State's Evidence (2003), Sitting With The Dead (2005), Regionrat (2005) and I Remember (2005). Show less «