The 2017 Draft Film Festival in Derry, New Hampshire gave Here Lies Joe its Outstanding Short Drama Award last week. So in addition to the beautiful letter from a mother posted in a previous blog entry, Mark Battle brings home an award. I love the cast and crew of this film.…
“Temple’s solid, almost soothing, reading voice provides a steady guide through Stone’s text… Overall, though, Temple turns in a proficient performance.”
I’m pretty sure that no one has ever called me soothing before.
As a performing artist your greatest hope is that you will reach your audience in a meaningful way, sharing something with them about what it’s like to be human and trying to find our way through life. This note was passed along to Here Lies Joe’s director Mark Battle at the Draft Film Festival last week. As Mark said, “This is better than any award could ever be.”…
“The chemistry between Temple and Morrow is off the chart. The duo play meet cute in an oddly effective way given the subject matter–Some Hollywood produced rom-coms have less of that key element with a two hour narrative than “Joe” has within its format.”
I’ve been working on a solo show I plan to take to Edinburgh Fringe in summer 2018. While I had a rough draft written, I wanted something to help me start whipping it into performance shape. Enter Peter Michael Marino’s class Flying Solo at the PIT-NYC. Peter has a pretty amazing understanding of both solo performance and comedy – his work has included several shows he’s taken to Edinburgh and beyond, as well as a musical that opened in the West End – and it’s been a terrific experience working with him. I’ve made a living as a writer for a long time, but it always amazes me how much more I have to learn. Peter is a great teacher. My writing has changed.
Our class show is this Thursday at 8:30 (tickets available here) and I’ll be premiering my first theatrical monologue.…
I will appear in “The Girl in the Gulf” – Amy Rose Hurst case (episode 101) on March 14 on Investigation Discovery at 10pm as Dock Detective. I had a blast shooting this in Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay, even though they dressed me in tweed in August (they kindly held a fan to my face and an umbrella over my head when I was off camera). Thank you Thea Washington for casting me in this.…
At the time of writing, The Upstarts audio book is number 9 on Amazon’s bestseller list for Technology and Business books. Hachette let me know that they sold 1,000 copies of the audiobook in the first week. They also let me know that’s an extremely impressive number. It’s early days still, but with 87 ratings on Audible, I have a 4.7/5 star performance rating. So far, my experience with narrating audiobooks is pretty awesome.…
Just finished recording an interesting and insightful – and incredibly well researched – new book by New York Times’ bestselling author James McGrath Morris about the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos, two radically different personalities with very different views of the world and the effects that had on both their writing and their relationship. It’s wonderful to work again with producer/director Lisa Cahn and sound engineer/director James Zoutis (worked on The Upstarts with them as well). Look for it in late spring.…
Very excited to announce that Here Lies Joe is an official selection of the 2017 Chattanooga Film Festival. I am looking forward to visiting Tennessee this April!…
My view as we start in on the Ambulance Drivers, about the friendship that developed between Hemingway and Dos Passos following their stints driving ambulances in World War II. It’s an incredibly well researched, very readable work by New York Times’ bestseller James McGrath Morris that follows their early struggles defining their writing styles to represent a new generation, and how their experiences, both at war and in their personal lives, informed what they did. An interesting historic read for anyone really, assuming they do read, but interesting in particular for artists. They failed and failed again but kept working until they succeeded. …
Excited to return to the studio with Hachette Audio next week to record The Ambulance Drivers by New York Times bestselling author James McGrath Morris. Here is his entry in Wikipedia. I feel honored for the opportunity to read his work.…
I used to record on my guitar a lot, but then, like with acting, I stopped for a long time for no good reason. Here’s the first one I’ve done in a while. It was done in one take, and no, my time keeping ain’t so good when I’m solo.
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I’m thrilled and honored to receive a Best Actor nomination at the London International Filmmakers Festival 2017 for my work in Here Lies Joe. The film was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Timothy J. Cox) and Best Editing. Congratulations and my thanks to director Mark Battle and writer Pamela Conway. The festival will take place in February.…
I wrapped yesterday on The Upstarts by New York Times bestselling author Brad Stone (The Everything Store), directed and produced by Lisa Cahn for Hachette Audio, read by me. It’s the story of the rise of AirBnB, Uber and the sharing economy (as well as a couple of multi billionaires). Comes out in January 2017, and I’ll post when the audio book becomes available.…
What an amazing festival. They treated us fabulously, wined and dined us, we saw great film, and met warm, talented people. Thank you Marc and Brenda Lohrmer for organizing such a great week.…
There’s gonna be a lot of wining at this festival. And dining. Very excited to go to Napa, November 9-13, where Here Lies Joe has been made an official selection for 2016. And this is one of MovieMaker Magazine’s Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.
Here Lies Joe is an official selection of the 2016 International Filmmakers Festival in Berlin. The film has been nominated for Best Actor (Dean Temple), Best Short Film, and Best Editing. Screening times have not yet been announced.
Here Lies Joe will make it’s New Jersey premiere this September at the Golden Door Film Festival in Jersey City, an event founded by Bill Sorvino and chaired by Paul and Mira Sorvino. Festival dates are Sept 22-25, screening time has not yet been announced.
The Knoxville Film Festival has made Here Lies Joe an official selection for their event at the end of August. Show time information will post when it becomes available.…
Here Lies Joe is an official selection of the Chain NYC Film Festival at the 4th St. Theatre on August 14 at 2:15pm. And as you can see in the images on this page, they used my picture from the film for their promo materials.
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