Joseph Procopio

User Bio

Completely inspired at the age of 8 by Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis, and Steven Soderbergh; I started making films on a handicam using basic editing software at first. I'm now 18 and I made 11 short films without pause. It's my life's dream to direct my first feature film and invite the very masters who inspired me to the screening.

Nine Times Eight: (2004)

2004 Toronto Sprockets Best Film Award
2004 Discovery Award at the Rhode Island Film Festival
2004 Kids4Kids Award in Naples Italy
2005 Little Bid Shots Award in Melbourne Australia
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Danville Film Festival

Green Tee: (2005)

2005 TVO YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Toronto Sprockets
2005 Second Kidseye Award Rhode Island Film Festival
2005 Middle School Filmmaker Award Austin Film Festival
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Danville Film Festival

Lost and Found: (2006)

2006 Frederick Simpson Award, Toronto Sprockets
2006 Professional Jury Prize Kids4Kids, Cyprus
2006 International Children’s Jury Prize Kids4Kids, Cyprus
2006 KidsEye Prize Rhode Island Film Festival
2006 Best Child Produced, Chicago Int’l Children’s Film
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Danville Film Festival
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Int'l Family Film Festival
2007 BEST FRESH YOUNG FILMMAKER i-FRESH Film Festival

Drive: (2006)

2006 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
2007 Toronto Student, NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY PRIZE
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Danville Film Festival
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Nashville Film Festival
2007 BEST FRESH YOUNG FILMMAKER i-FRESH Film Festival
2010 BEST YOUTH WORK Marin Film Festival

Western Spaghetti: (2007)

2008 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD, Nashville Film Festival
2008 BEST DIRECTOR, Toronto Student Film Festival
2008 BEST OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT 2nd, Toronto Student Film
2007 Veronica Herman Award, Toronto Sprockets
2007 Kids Eye International Prize Rhode Island Film Festival
2007 YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD Daviille Film Festival

Tiny Pillows: (2008-09)

2009 Toronto Student, BEST OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT
2009 CIFEJ Kids4Kids, Europe PROFESSIONAL JURY PRIZE
2008 Rhode Island Film Festival, BEST CHILD PRODUCED FILM

MyCrisis: (2009)

2009 Kids Eye Rhode Island Film Festival

2AM: (2010)

2010 FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARD Rhode Island Film Festival
2010 Toronto Student Film Festival BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Onion Skin: (2011)

2012 BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA IFFF Hollywood Film Festival
2011 RISING STAR AWARD: BEST STUDENT FILM Rhode Island Film Festival
2011 MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Future of Cinema Film Festival

Memories: (2012)

2011 INDIE SHORT FILM SPIRIT AWARD Rhode Island Film Festival