Joe Maggio

Joe Maggio is an American film director screenwriter and producer He is best known for his work on the films Virgil Bliss Paper Covers Rock Bitter Feast and The Last Rites of Joe May He is also one of the founding editors of the NYCbased literary and culture tabloid The Brooklyn Rail Maggio was born in Buffalo New York He graduated with a BA from Rutgers University Maggios debut feature film Virgil Bliss 2001 was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards including The John Cassavetes Award His second film Milk and Honey 2003 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won a Special Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Atlanta Film Festival in 2003 His third film Paper Covers Rock IFC Films premiered at South by Southwest in 2008 In 2010 Maggios film Bitter Feast premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival In 2011 his film The Last Rites of Joe May premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and also nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival His sixth feature film Supermoto premiered at the MinneapolisSaint Paul International Film Festival He is currently in postproduction on the feature film Bliss 2023 which is the second installment of his Virgil Bliss trilogy Maggio has collaborated with Vincent DOnofrio on three radio plays Man on the Ledge 2010 Ram King 2013 and Cannibals 2015 as part of the series Tales from Beyond the Pale hosted by Larry Fessenden He is currently working on a feature documentary Gary from Omaha about one mans hunt for a mythical creature in the wilds of Oregons Blue Mountains In 2020 Maggio joined the faculty of Emerson College where he teaches in the Visual Media Arts VMA Department