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Joe Maggio is an acclaimed writer-director whose work has been showcased at festivals and museums worldwide, including Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, MoMA, The Museum of the Moving Image, The Paley Center for Media, and The Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
His debut film, Virgil Bliss (2001), earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations in 2002: The John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature under $500,000 and Best Debut Performance for actor Clint Jordan.
His second film, Milk + Honey (2003), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Special Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Atlanta Film Festival the same year.
Paper Covers Rock (2008) debuted at SXSW, was acquired by IFC Films for worldwide VOD and DVD distribution, and by Showtime for North American cable.
Bitter Feast (2010) premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was released theatrically and on VOD through MPI Media/Dark Sky Films. Fangoria Magazine nominated it for two Golden Chainsaw Awards: Best Actor and Best Blood FX.
The Last Rites of Joe May (2011), co-produced with Steppenwolf Films of Chicago, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, was picked up by Tribeca Films, and received critical acclaim during its North American theatrical release. The late Roger Ebert included it among his top films of 2011.
His sixth feature, Supermoto (2016), filmed on the Eastern North Dakota prairies, premiered at the Minneapolis International Film Festival.
Maggio has collaborated with Vincent D'Onofrio on three radio plays—Man on The Ledge (2012), Ram King (2013), and Cannibals (2015)—as part of the Tales From Beyond the Pale series, presented by NYC horror figures Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid.
In 2006, he established Incidental Films, a production company focused on "Incidental Cinema," creating ultra-indie films that prioritize narrative authenticity and creative freedom.
As of 2022, he is finalizing a feature documentary, Gary from Omaha, chronicling one man's search for a mythical creature in Oregon's Blue Mountains, and has recently completed Bliss, the sequel to his award-winning debut Virgil Bliss (2001) and the second part of the Virgil Bliss trilogy.
Maggio has taught in the Film and Dramatic Writing departments at NYU and currently serves on the directing faculty at Emerson College.
