Deeper Than Music interviews Director, Producer and Special Effects Artist Joe Castro

This episode we interview fellow San Antonian Director, Producer and Special Effects Artist Joe Castro,<br /><br />About Joe Castro:<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />In 1994, Lionsgate distributed Joe's 7th feature titled, THE JACKHAMMER MASSACRE.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Altogether, Joe has won over 46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects.<br /><br />Since teaming with his partner, Steven Escobar, Castro has Produced, Written & Directed 16 feature films.