Joey is a professional screenwriter, director and producer who has been working in the film industry for ten years. He’s worked in post-production, talent management and creative development. Joey specializes in telling human stories with relatable characters across many different genres and has feature screenplays under option by a number of well known production companies.

Growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida, Joey attended the Dreyfoos School of the Arts for high school where he studied film and photography. His student film, SEVEN CIRCLES, received a National Silver Key Award from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joey served as the Associate Producer on the Netflix Original film, THE POLKA KING starring Jack Black which premiered at Sundance in 2016. He was also Associate Producer on the Apple TV+ original docu-series, VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISION.

Joey served as Assistant to the Producer on the Academy Award nominated HACKSAW RIDGE. In 2017, Joey was featured as one of “Hollywood’s 100 top new writers” on Tracking-Board.Com's ‘Young & Hungry List’.

In 2006, Joey was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome which left him temporarily unable to walk without the assistance of a cane or wheelchair. While he’s now able to live a mostly normal life, Joey is still considerably weaker on his left side and finds himself limping when he’s tired.

Joey directed the short film, PICK UP STICK which features a young man with GBS in the summer of 2022.

He lives with a less than 10% chance of relapse.