Joe Zaso
Actor and filmmaker, Joseph Zaso was born on November 20, 1970 in Queens, New York. 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 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) and on the popular daytime TV series, Days of our Lives.
Filmography
- Angel's Blade (2006)
- Barricade (2006)
- Demon Resurrection (2005)
- Red Midnight (2005)
- And Then They Were Dead... (2004)
- The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Lost Scepter (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)