Joe Castro
BIOGRAPHY
Director, Producer, and Special Effects Artist, Joe Castro was born in San Antonio, Texas and began his career at age 15 when he was hired to create special effects make-up for a PBS affiliate and graduated to writing and directing his own feature films. Altogether, Joe has won over 46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects. Since teaming with his partner, Steven Escobar, Castro has Produced, Written & Directed 16 feature films.
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
17 May 1970
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Hell's Highway
2002-02-12Actor, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects Coordinator
The Horror We Make
2023-09-26Actor
The Once and Future Smash
2022-12-04Actor
Scalper
2023-09-15Actor
I Am Worthless
2022-08-16
That's a Wrap
2023-08-25Actor, Special Effects
The Summer of Massacre
2011-05-07Actor, Writer, Producer, Makeup Effects Designer, Prosthetic Designer, Special Effects Coordinator, Director
Dirty Freaken Joe: Sci-Fi Sam
2023-09-10Actor
Tin Roof
Actor, Special Effects Supervisor
Name the Demon
2025-02-27Actor
Personal Demons
2018-04-01Actor, Producer
Tip
2023-06-01Actor
Terror Toons 4
2022-12-02Actor, Director, Producer
Sincerely Saul
2024-09-26Actor
Dorothea
2025-10-31Actor
The Jackhammer Massacre
2004-01-16Director, Writer, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
The Zombie Chronicles
2002-09-10Special Effects
Terror Toons
2002-08-13Director, Special Effects, Producer, Story
Terror Toons 2
2007-03-27Director, Writer, Special Effects, Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Blood Sisters
2003-01-01Director, Special Effects
Maniacal
2003-02-10Director, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Near Death
2004-04-30Director, Producer, Art Direction, Special Effects, Special Effects Coordinator
Teenage Exorcist
1991-12-05Special Effects, Makeup Artist
Ceremony
1994-06-04Director, Writer, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects Coordinator
The Young, the Gay and the Restless
2006-01-01Director, Writer
Legend of the Chupacabra
2000-01-01Director, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
The Occultist 2: Bloody Guinea Pigs
2020-06-01Special Effects
Butchered
2003-01-01Director, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Beast Inside
2024-12-03Visual Effects
Mutilator 2
2023-10-07Special Effects
Clownado
2023-10-01Thanks
Hexatic Phase
2020-08-13Special Effects
FrankenFake
2014-09-14Director
Evil Toons
1992-01-08Special Effects Makeup Artist
Demon's Kiss
2002-11-19Special Effects Makeup Artist
Terror Toons 3
2015-11-07Executive Producer, Editor, Creature Design, Director, Writer
Porn of the Dead
2006-03-11Makeup Artist
Demon Wind 2: The Serpent’s Coil
Special Effects
Appetite for Sin
2022-10-31Special Effects
Maya
2023-02-17Special Effects
Clowning
2022-03-13Special Effects
The Amityville Harvest
2020-10-20Special Effects
RoboWoman
2019-04-11Special Effects, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Nation's Fire
2019-03-18Special Effects Coordinator
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019-01-25Special Effects
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
2008-11-06Special Effects Coordinator
Driller
2006-10-11Special Effects Coordinator
The Wailer
2006-06-20Special Effects Coordinator
Vampz
2004-08-24Special Effects Makeup Artist
Another Gay Movie
2006-04-28Special Effects Coordinator
Bleed
2002-12-24Special Effects Coordinator
Demonicus
2001-07-24Special Effects Coordinator
Terror Toons 1.5
2006-01-10Director
Lake Michigan Monster
2018-10-24Creature Design
Evil Unleashed
2003-09-30Director, Screenplay, Special Effects
Half-Cocked
2019-08-10Visual Effects Editor, Special Effects Supervisor
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
2002-06-10Makeup Effects
The Haunting of La Llorona
2019-05-17Special Effects
L.A. Zombie
2010-01-10Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Xenophobia
2019-08-06Director, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Producer, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
It Wants Blood!
2019-04-11Creature Design, Second Unit Director
Abominable
2020-04-14Special Effects Makeup Artist
Elf in the Hood
2024-11-13Prosthetics, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Lady Parts
2024-04-27Special Effects Makeup Artist
H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones
2024-01-19Special Effects Makeup Artist
Campfire Tales
1997-02-28Special Effects Makeup Artist
Maya
2022-10-31Special Effects
The Blue Drum
2022-10-13Prop Designer
Queen of the Rats
2025-12-12Special Effects
The Beast Comes At Midnight
2023-08-13Special Effects
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