ABOUT JOSEPH

Joseph Fusco is a director, actor, and drummer from New York City. Gloriously misspending his youth in movie theaters and rock 'n' roll clubs, he has been making films and performing for over two decades.

He has directed for stage, screen and device. He made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in 2023 with the two-act thriller, Agatha Christie's The Stranger, at the Players Theater. He has also directed the one-act Hoyt St by Francesca Bolam at Theater Row, several short plays including the Award-winning Love Potion 69 by Andrea Woodbridge, and Podunk by David Little, and the full-length two-act To Live For, by Pastor Wayne Bullock.

Joseph proudly works with Act Me A Story, an educational non-profit that produces professionally shot and edited videos of actors reading children stories, that can be accessed by children, who don't have libraries or adults to read to them. He has directed a number of videos thus far.

In 2010 he wrote and directed the feature film, "Chloe, A to Z," which had its premiere at Anthology Film Archives in New York City.

In 2016 his documentary about New York's infamous OTB parlors, "Finish Line: The Rise and Demise of Off-Track Betting" premiered at the Workers Unite Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. The doc went on to win numerous prizes at competitive film festivals over the next several years. Joseph is currently researching and writing a book based on the film.

Joseph is a founding member of the eclectic rock duo Fuss & Jex. Their debut album, Bar Songs, is being readied for a 2024 release. He is the creator of The Joseph Fusco 3, a trio which released a collection of jazz arrangements of classic punk songs on the 2019 album "Devil On Saint Marks." Joseph has also played drums with Sarabande, Dead Blonde Girlfriend, and Rock Star Karaoke.

A graduate of the famed Drama Department of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, Joseph studied acting under Marat Yusim, James Moody, and Greg Mullavey.

He received his BFA in Film Production from Syracuse University. At SU he performed as the drummer in the Syracuse University Jazz Ensemble Quintet, and the 25-piece Syracuse University Jazz Orchestra.