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Joe Wehinger

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
10 May 1979, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Quickly establishing himself as a talented young filmmaker, Joe Wehinger is making a mark with strong writing and inspired visuals. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Joe produced and directed television programming for local cable networks, and received four local Emmy nominations for his work.In 2000, Kodak Film selected Joe to attend the 'Cannes International Film Festival' and represent the United States. There, he worked alongside acclaimed peers Lukas Ettlin and Matthew Cole Weiss.In 2001, Joe's thesis film, Last Breath (2001), won several film festival awards, including the coveted 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 (2007), an independent film that was shot in Louisiana, November 2005 with an acclaimed and all-star cast including multiple Golden Globe winner James Brolin , Golden Globe nominee Joanna Cassidy, France Nuyen, Emmy nominee Corin Nemec and IMAGE award winnerTia Mowry.Upon completion of his first feature film, Joe has begun writing several projects and developing a slate of films through his production company Picture Show Entertainment.Currently Joe is in pre-production for his next feature, a thriller called Fall (2008). It's scheduled to begin principle photography early this summer '07.Please visit: www.joewehinger.com or www.pictureshowentertainment.com for more information IMDb Mini Biography By: Jack Mayhoffer

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Student film Last Breath (2001) was acquired by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for nationwide distribution. Only the 4th film in its history and its first-ever short film.Studied with Academy Award nominee Leonard Schrader Created/founded a website for Schrader's birthday in 2002.Moved from Pennsylvania to California on a film scholarship after the premiere of his first film; a DV feature, ""To Be Great,"" at age 20.Was an uncredited script doctor on 6 films from 2001-2006, including _E-Girl (2007)_ , his first romantic comedy.DGA member. Inducted by James Brolin, Daniel Attias, Steven SchachterLast name pronounced: Way-In-GerrHas a chapstick addictionHe's a huge fan of Frank Sinatra, for both his music and as an interesting character in history. Has a feature film project in early development based on Mr. Sinatra's life and work.

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
(after receiving the ACLU Humanitarian and Visionary award in 2001) To me, it's about storytelling. Whatever genre. Anything, even an action movie; sure there's an explosion, but after the BANG what's the first thing you want to know? What happened to the people? Who was hurt, who was killed? That's not just humanitarian. That's good storytelling.(talking about story) ""I'm always amazed when I read a bad script that someone is moving forward on. People are quick to throw money at you, and it's hard to say no. But it'd be a whole lot harder to direct that. To tell a story that wasn't good enough yet. Or have characters that aren't defined enough yet. Story and character is much harder than you think, but it's always worth it.""