Joey Umana
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Director
Joey was born and raised in the heart of Los Angeles in the Hollywood/West Hollywood area and went to school all over LA. He comes from mixed family background. Joseph had been accepted into Columbia, NYU, USC, and AFI Directing programs and actually attended AFI as a Directing fellow and dropped out in order to go to USC School of Cinematic Arts for directing. For Undergrad went to CSU Northridge and earned his BA in Cinema and Television Arts - Film Production. While at CSUN, Joey was chosen as a Hollywood Foreign Press Fellow and won grants from Kodak and Panavision. His film The Sounds Of Silence won three awards at the Media Arts Festival (Best of Fest, Best Short Screenplay, Best Experimental Film, a BEA Award and an ASC Honorable Mention and a semi-finalist for a Student Academy Award (West Coast Region) toured all over the world. Joey has worked production on indie features in the USA and Spain. Joey has worked at WME, Vugru, Lionsgate, Amazon, and Wondros. He spent a year as a development assistant and recently worked at the AMPAS and at Wayfarer Entertainment. , Joey is finishing various scripts and prepping his first feature film.