Joseph Puente was born in Los Angeles, California. He lived there for
about six years before moving with his family to Madera County,
California in 1980 where he lived in the towns of Coarsegold and
Oakhurst respectively until 1989 when he moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
He lived in Utah until 1993 when he enlisted in the United States Navy
and has served in Illinois, Massachusetts, Florida Panama and Maine! He
was discharged in 1998 and returned to Utah where he attended Weber
State University in Ogden and then moved to Sanpete County,
Utah.
Joe Puente made his first feature length film during the last five
months of his enlistment in the Navy. Titled "Barracks Rats," the film
starred Joe and his friends Jeremy Para, Ryan Nardi and Bill
Cuellar.
Born on the same day as actor Jerry O'Connell.
Currently residing in Moroni, Utah and managing The
Central Utah Filmmakers Association in Mt. Pleasant.
If art doesn't move you in some way, it's pointless.
Our fallibility is the great equalizer and I sleep soundly at night
knowing that no man on earth is immune from occasionally putting his
foot in his mouth.
The most dangerous sin is being self righteous; because when you are
guilty of it, you can't be convinced that you're guilty of
anything.