Joe Forte

A graduate of New York University film school, Joe Forte began his screenwriting career with the sale of "Soviet Cowboy," an original screenplay he wrote for two-time Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster and her production company, Egg Pictures. He went on to sell "The Great Mahala," to Warner Bros. Pictures and rewrite "The Murderer Next Door" for Sony Pictures who subsequently signed him to a writing/directing deal. Some of his other works include: "Velvet Underground," an independent feature which he developed with Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron; an adaptation of the novel "Out by Natsuo Kirino" (New Line), winner of Japan's top mystery award; "Flashpoint," an epic drama set in the world of wild land fire fighters for Paramount. Forte also has multiple television pilot deals at Twentieth Century Fox. Forte has served as a mentor, teacher and panelist for various institutions, including Cinestory, Austin Film Festival, the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Film Program, the UCLA Extension Program, the Sedona Film Festival, the Sonoma Film Festival, Pitch Fest U.S.A,, California State University Channel Islands. He has also served as a script consultant on projects for Film Victoria and New South Wales, the film funding bodies for the government of Australia. He is featured in the documentary "Tales of the Script" and is the producer of the award-winning festival film, "Say I Do." Forte has several projects in the works including an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Netflix Films to write and direct for the streamer, "Girl In A Box (A&E), Old Country (MGM) and BackTrack (Sony) all with wife and co-writer Meg LeFauve.