Before Josh Becker made movies with some of the past giants of the silver screen like Anthony Quinn, Josh grew up making movies with some of the current giants of the silver screen, namely his childhood buddies Sam Raimi (of Spider-Man fame) and B-movie legend Bruce Campbell. Today Josh is a well respected film and tv director-writer, and the author of two other books. When he left his home in Michigan in 1976 at the age of 17 and moved to Hollywood, all he knew was that he was pursuing his dream - to be in the film business. Arriving, he found that dreams don't always work out like they do up on the silver screen. Gaining a foothold in this notoriously difficult line of work requires as much passion, luck and ambition as it does frustration, heartbreak and folly. GOING HOLLYWOOD is the true story of a driven young man willing to go to the ends of the earth in order to fulfill his dreams. "Becker earns my respect for putting everything on the line for his art and never holding back on his honest opinions." -Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema "...his near obsessive determination to make a good genre film is admirable. It is through his frustrating grasps at success that we glimpse his real character. He is both a dedicated fan and filmmaker." -Ted Geoghegan, Fangoria
Josh Becker
Josh Becker is an internationally known director of "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules," and a director-writer-producer of four critically acclaimed independent feature films, as well as three TV movies. Mr. Becker's SyFy Channel film, "Alien Apocalypse," starring Bruce Campbell, was SyFy's highest-rated movie ever. He has directed such celebrated actors as: Anthony Quinn (two-time Oscar-winner), Lucy Lawless ("Xena," "Spartacus"), Bruce Campbell ("Burn Notice," "Evil Dead"), Stephen Baldwin ("The Usual Suspects"), Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man") and Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules"). Mr. Becker has written 39 screenplays, as well as three published books: "The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature filmmaking," "Rushes," and "Going Hollywood." Mr. Becker has hosted his own popular movie website, Beckerfilms.com, for 13 years, and has been a proud member of the Director's Guild of America for 18 years.
Television:
"Stan Lee's Harpies," 2007, (SyFy Channel Original TV Movie), Director
"Alien Apocalypse," 2005, (SyFy Channel Original TV Movie), Writer-Director
"Xena: Warrior Princess," 1996-2001, (Universal TV, Studios USA), Director
Episode: Soul Possession (2001)
Episode: Kindred Spirits (2000)
Episode: If the Shoe Fits (1999)
Episode: In Sickness and in Hell (1998)
Episode: Fins, Femmes & Gems (1998)
Episode: Blind Faith (1997)
Episode: For Him the Bell Tolls (1997)
Episode: Warrior . . . Princess . . . Tramp (1996)
Episode: A Fistful of Dinars (1996)
"Jack of All Trades," (Universal TV, Studios USA), Director
Episode: Return of the Dragoon (2000, Pilot Episode)
Episode: The People's Dragoon (2000)
"Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur," 1995, (Universal TV Movie), Director
"Xena: Warrior Princess," (Universal TV, Studios USA), Writer
Episode: Chariots of War, (1996), Co-Story
Episode: Locked Up and Tied Down (1998), Co-Story
"Real Stories of the Highway Patrol," 1993, Director, (Massari Productions)
Feature Films:
"If I Had a Hammer," 2001, Writer-Producer-Director (Panoramic Pictures)
"Running Time," 1997, Writer-Producer-Director (Synapse Films)
Lunatics: A Love Story, 1992, Writer-Director (Columbia Tri-Star)
"Thou Shalt Not Kill . . . Except," 1987, Director-Co-Writer-DP-Editor (Synapse Films)
Published Books:
"The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking," (2006, Point Blank Press)
"Rushes" (2008, Point Blank Press)
"Going Hollywood" (2009, Point Blank Press)
