Joe Lovero

Joe Lovero is an American film director and screenwriter born in Yonkers, NY.

In August 2005 he sold his feature length screenplay BOOK OF LEO to Universal Studios. Seann William Scott is attached to star in the film. In the August 9, 2005 edition of Variety, Gabe Snyder wrote about Joe's journey from auto insurance rep to Hollywood screenwriter. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927199.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

While waiting for his big break, Joe was settling bodily injury claims in New York City for a major auto insurance carrier. He thought he'd never turn his passion into a career until he met his manager (and Executive Producer on Book Of Leo) Tariq Jalil who championed Joe's script around Hollywood. On July 20, 2005 Joe sold Book Of Leo without having an agent at that time and without being in Los Angeles, an uncommon feat for most new writers. Joe's quoted as saying he was "sitting in his underwear on his couch watching Seinfeld with his golden retriever Oakley" when he found out his script had finally sold.

Marc Platt who produced the film Legally Blonde and the Broadway smash WICKED is producing Book of Leo for Universal Studios.

In 1998, Joe wrote and directed a short film titled PUPPET, LOVE AND MERTZ. Linda Spear of the NY Times wrote about the journey Joe took making his first film.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E0DB103EF932A35750C0A96E958260

The film shot in New York City starred Elisabeth Rohm (Law and Order), Ian Lithgow (3rd Rock From The Sun) and Francis Jue (M. Butterfly). It was Joe's first foray into writing and directing and had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Center in New York City.

Joe later directed and co-wrote the short film A CHUBBY KID starring his co-writer Mat Young. A CHUBBY KID made it's debut at the Greenwich Film Festival in 2002 and was selected for several other American film festivals.