Joe Castro

Joe Castro

special effects, make-up department, actor

Joe Castro was born on May 17, 1970 in USA. Joe Castro's big-screen debut came with Evil Toons directed by Fred Olen Ray in 1992. Joe Castro is known for Attack of the Bat Monsters directed by Kelly Greene, Michael Dalmon stars as Chuck Grayson and Maurice Ripke as Antonio. Joe Castro has got 15 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Joe Castro achieved is Independent Horror Movie Awards. The upcoming new movie Joe Castro plays is Terror Toons 4 which will be released on Dec 02, 2022.

Director, Producer, and Special Effects Artist, Joe Castro, born in San Antonio, Texas, began his career at age 15 when he was hired to create special effects make-up for a PBS affiliate and graduated to writing and directing his own feature films, in the 80's, when his parents invested in his career and bought him a portable VHS camera.In 1985, Joe won the National special effects make-up contest in Monsterland magazine. In 1989, Joe moved to Los Angeles, California to continue his career in filmmaking.In 1993, Joe produced and directed his first feature film, CEREMONY, shot on 35mm Panavision. The film was an apocalyptic horror thriller. This film won a Silver Award at the Worldfest Charleston Film Festival. In 1997, Joe produced his second Internationally distributed feature film, Legend of the Chupacabra on his parent's ranch.In 2001, Joe produced, directed, and created the special effects for the wildly, successful cult film, TERROR TOONS. This film has already spawned four sequels.In 1994, Lionsgate distributed Joe's 7th feature titled, THE JACKHAMMER MASSACRE.In 2011, Joe released his multi-award winning film, THE SUMMER OF MASSACRE, which won him the Guinness Book Of World Record for "Highest body count in a Slasher film," which is 155 kills.Altogether, Joe has won over 46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects.Since teaming with his partner, Steven Escobar, Castro has Produced, Written & Directed 16 feature films.

  • Birthday

    May 17, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    San Antonio, Texas, USA

Known For

Awards

15 wins & 2 nominations

Independent Horror Movie Awards
2020
Best Gore
Winner - Spring Award
9 Ways to Hell (2022)
Los Angeles Horror Competition
2018
Best Short Film
Winner - Platinum Award
Personal Demons (2018)
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