Joe Acton - IMDB
EDUCATION
B.A., Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, Alaska
J.D., Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
CREATIVE AWARDS
Courage Doesn't Ask action short; 55 domestic film festivals, and Cannes, Swansea Bay,
Durbin. Numerous awards. Writer-director.
Channel 79 comedy feature screenplay; 1 festival win. Writer.
Married, Seeking Same dramedy feature screenplay; 2 festival wins. Writer
Preternatural sci-fi teleplay; 1 festival win. Writer
TV SERIES/PILOTS/FEATURE:
AWARDS LIST
NETWORKS PITCHED
CBS, HBO, NBC, NICKELODEON, SONY
CREATIVE REFERENCES ON REQUEST.
PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
B.A., Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, Alaska
J.D., Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
CREATIVE AWARDS
Courage Doesn't Ask action short; 55 domestic film festivals, and Cannes, Swansea Bay,
Durbin. Numerous awards. Writer-director.
Channel 79 comedy feature screenplay; 1 festival win. Writer.
Married, Seeking Same dramedy feature screenplay; 2 festival wins. Writer
Preternatural sci-fi teleplay; 1 festival win. Writer
TV SERIES/PILOTS/FEATURE:
- End of the Road (cop drama): Unuk Happens (pilot)
- Behind the Badge (cop/medical drama): Enter The Dragon (pilot)
- Below the Surface (action drama): 2-7-0 True (pilot)
- Channel 79 (broad comedy): Ep1 Monster Huck Dude!; Ep2 The
Borg Are In The Hive!; Ep3 Is Brad Special like Me?; - Dustoff (military drama): bible, pitch summary
- Fork In the Road (cop/legal drama): Footprints (pilot)
- Preternatural (sci-fi drama): Flight of the Godwits (pilot)
AWARDS LIST
- Action on Film: Festival Prize for "Married Seeking Same"
- Big Bear Lake International Film Festival: Jury Award for "Married Seeking Same"
- Black Maria Film and Video Festival: Director's Choice for "Courage Doesn't Ask"
- Other Worlds Austin Screenplay Winner; Teleplay, "Preternatural" (2016)
- ReelHeART International Film Festival: Festival Prize for "Channel 79"
- Seattle True Independent Film Festival: STIFFY for "Courage Doesn't Ask"
- Twin Rivers Media Festival: Festival Prize for "Courage Doesn't Ask"
NETWORKS PITCHED
CBS, HBO, NBC, NICKELODEON, SONY
CREATIVE REFERENCES ON REQUEST.
PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- College Scholarship: Ice Hockey (147 stitches and a B.A.)
- Commercial fisherman; merchant seaman with CG documents
- Anchorage Police Department: Investigator; Polygraph Examiner (really, no lie)
- Commercial pilot, instrument rating (Rule: no stick, no prop, no wings, no thanks)
- Lawyer; general practice (no longer in practice)
- Newspaper Columnist for McClatchy (former)
- Print Publisher: Lawyer's Liability Review; Bellevue Weekly News; Bellevue News
- CEO: Timeline Publishing Inc., VersusLaw, Inc. (no longer associated)
- Peace Corps, Managua Nicaragua; still fluentish in Spanish.
