Joe Russell
A Shawn Mullins story.
When I drove out to LA in late 2001, I listened to Shawn's album 'Soul's Core' for most of the 30 hours that the drive took. It was the...
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Joe Russell
- Feb 23, 2020
- 3 min
A successful script readthrough
Over the years, you are bound to get many requests from your colleagues and friends to read a script they have written. Personally, I...
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Joe Russell
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
Kelly Marie Tran
Shortly before Kelly Marie Tran was Rose in Star Wars The Last Jedi, she was Butterfly Rave Girl in XOXO!
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Joe Russell
- Apr 21, 2019
- 2 min
Remembering my step father
It has been just over 3 years since my step father passed away. He was just one month shy of his 60th birthday. I was 13 years old when...
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me
- Dec 4, 2018
- 2 min
An actors reel - advice
Before I started producing, I was primarily an actor and boy oh boy, I wish I had a relationship with a producer I would have felt...
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Joe
- Nov 14, 2018
- 4 min
Joe's buying guide.
There are a few products that I have owned / used in my life that I think are terrific. I have always been very careful with my money...
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Joe
- Oct 11, 2017
- 5 min
Laboratory Conditions - How we did it.
Laboratory Conditions was the first screenplay written by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Terry Rossio while attending college at...
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Jedi Joe
- May 26, 2017
- 2 min
Pete Tong and Moby at the Hollywood Bowl
Today I produced a promo video for Pete Tong's upcoming show at the Hollywood Bowl. Moby was gracious enough to join us too. We had a...
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Joe Russell
- Feb 16, 2017
- 3 min
Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach
When I decided to move to New York in 2002, I was lucky enough to been accepted into Anne Jacksons master class at the HB Actors Studio. ...
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Joe Russell
- Feb 18, 2011
- 1 min
The Little Rascals
When I was 6 years old and bummed out that my broken arm had to be in a hard cast, my grandparents took me to the senior center at the...
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Joe Russell
- Oct 13, 2006
- 3 min
Bingo
Joe Russell reporting live from the senior center in Colombia, Illinois. This is my 7th day in Southern IL and tonight my down-home...
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Joe Russell
- Aug 9, 2003
- 4 min
Live from New York
My first post as a temporary New Yorker! New York is really wonderful. I have been taking acting classes from Anne Jackson and Karen...
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Joe Russell
- May 23, 2003
- 1 min
Positive = Positive. Negative = Positive.
Just saying that "Everything happens for a reason" is not sufficient for my brain. I love the sentiment, but it is not as easy as that....
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Joe Russell
- May 22, 2003
- 2 min
NY or bust. Friars club show.
This mission, if I choose to accept it: Earn $1,000 in two weeks so I can pay for 2 months of acting classes at HB Studios in NY. I plan...
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Joe Russell
- May 6, 2003
- 3 min
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I was lucky enough to get 2 days of stunt work on the last episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I had about 1 hour of make up first...
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Joe Russell
- May 1, 2003
- 3 min
The Price is Right
In school they teach you that if you wear a shirt that says "My Grandma Really Wants You To Pick Me!" to a taping of the Price is Right,...
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Joe Russell
- Apr 13, 2003
- 2 min
The Horse Whisperer and stand up
I told my acting teacher my whimsical objections to the Equus material thinking she would simply tell me to go find something else to...
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Joe Russell
- Apr 8, 2003
- 1 min
Shooting and AFI film
A friend heard me coughing the other day and said "That cough doesn't sound good." My response was "What kind of cough does sound good?"...
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Joe Russell
- Apr 5, 2003
- 2 min
Spaghetti sauce and Jose Canseco
Some bad and good news to report on the acting front. This past Wed night I went to shoot a TV pilot I was cast in. When I showed up,...
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Joe Russell
- Mar 31, 2003
- 2 min
Leo canceled. Hi David Proval!
The voice over book reading job did not go very well. I recorded for 3 days in a very nice studio, but I think they were thinking I was...
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