Joseph Greco

Joseph Greco (born 1972) is a writer, director and producer living in Los Angeles. He wrote & directed the feature film Canvas.

Greco was interested in magic, entering the Society of American Magicians aged 14, but shifted his interest to film shortly before attending university. He began making short films in Hollywood, Florida in the mid-90s, before moving to Hollywood in 1995. He has worked with director James Cameron and has received awards for his short films, The Ghost of Drury Lane and Lena's Spaghetti, which premiered in the Telluride Film Festival's Filmmakers of Tomorrow Program. It was filmed in 2006, and stars Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Emmy Award winner Joe Pantoliano and Devon Gearhart. Canvas premiered at the Hampton's International Film Festival, won the Alice in the City Prize (Best Feature Film) at the 2007 Rome Film Festival, and several other awards. Canvas well received by film critics such as Roger Ebert and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. Greco was recognized by MovieMaker Magazine in their screenwriter spotlight for Canvas, and has been invited to speak about Canvas and the subject of mental health at the United Nations, Tufts University and Yale University.