Joe Zaso

Infobox actor


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name = Joe Zaso
birthdate = birth date and age|1970|11|20
birthplace = Queens, New York
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birthname = Joseph Zaso
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occupation = Film, television actor, director
website = http://www.cinemaimages.net/josephzaso.html

Joseph Zaso (born on November 20, 1970 in Queens, New York) is an American actor and filmmaker. He formed his own film production company Cinema Image Productions in 1986 and since then he has primarily produced and acted in horror films.

Joe Zaso is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990. Zaso, an avid bodybuilder, is usually cast as husky villains.

Industry history

Zaso broke into the film industry with the horror musical "It's Only a Movie" (1990), which he wrote, directed, and appeared in. He followed it up with several producing jobs, including the Italian giallo-inspired "Five Dead on the Crimson Canvas".

He teamed up with New York director Kevin Lindenmuth on several pictures, including "Alien Agenda: Endangered Species" (1998), "Rage of the Werewolf" (1999), and "Addicted to Murder 3: Blood Lust" (2000). He also worked with German horror director Andreas Schnaas on both "Demonium" (2001) and "Nikos" (2003).

Zaso has also appeared as an extra in the film "" (1993) and on the popular daytime TV series, "Days of our Lives".

Zaso appeared as the Jersey Devil in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUOHL4xTo78 a special promotional video] created for the New Jersey Devils hockey team, which played in the Prudential Center before all 2007/2008 games.

According to his MySpace profile, Zaso admires the work of film directors Dario Argento, Woody Allen, Robert Altman, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Filmography

*"Timo Rose's Beast" (2008)
*"Darkness Surrounds Roberta" (2007)
*"Barricade" (2007)
*"Angel's Blade" (2006)
*"Demon Resurrection" (2005)
*"Red Midnight" (2005)
*"And Then They Were Dead..." (2004)
*"" (2004)
*"Nikos" (2003)
*"Demonium" (2001)
*"Date with a Vampire" (2001)
*"Addicted to Murder 3: Blood Lust" (2000)
*"Rage of the Werewolf" (1999)
*"Alien Agenda: Endangered Species" (1998)
*"Evil Streets" (1998)
*"Creaturealm: From the Dead" (1998)
*"Guilty Pleasures" (1997)
*"Five Dead on the Crimson Canvas" (1996)
*"It's Only a Movie!" (1990)

External links

*imdb name|id=0953654|name=Joe Zaso
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*myspace|joezaso
* [http://www.cinemaimages.net/ Cinema Image Productions] , owned and operated by Joe Zaso