Joe Acton
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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.
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