Joe Coleman
Acting
Biography
Joseph Coleman is an American painter, illustrator actor and performance artist. He has been described as the ‘Walking ghost of Old America’, by his wife photographer, Whitney Ward, for his over-riding interest in the historical arcana and personae that often populate his paintings.
Born: November 22, 1955
Place of Birth: Norwalk, Connecticut U.S.
Known For
Where Evil Dwells
Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David Wojnarowicz and Tommy Turner’s Where Evil Dwells is a low-budget D.I.Y. movie that walks the jagged lines between splatter flick, experimental film and transgressive art. The original footage was destroyed in a fire and the only footage that survived is this 28 minute preview that was put together for the Downtown New York Film Festival in 1985.
The Bowery
Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.
Serial Killer Culture
Serial Killer Culture examines the reasons why artists and collectors are fascinated by serial killers.
Black Hearts Bleed Red
A stark adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find.
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America. Coleman holds nothing back, telling us of a world wracked with tumorous cities, perversion, divorce, violence, atomic bombs, and a human race destroying itself simply because we are born.
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Distorting biblical tales, Albert Fish takes the themes of pain, torture, atonement and suffering literally as he preys on victims to torture and sacrifice.
Billy Buys Brooklyn
Scarlet Diva
A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.
Mondo New York
A young woman wanders around New York City and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the "underground" areas of the city. She sees stand up comedy in Central Park, a prostitution auction, a voodoo ceremony, an S&M club, and a number of very interesting performance artists. These are just a few of the sights and sounds of New York that she encounters.
Llik Your Idols
Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.
Filmography
as Self
as John the Baptist
as Himself
as Mr. Paar
as Samuel Woodbridge
as Self
as The Misfit
as Professor Mambuzu