Joe Amadon
Filmmaker. The son of an engineer and a tough, loving mother who never lost interest in trying to find shapes in the clouds. His filmmaking focuses on character-driven comedies of passion and grief.
Based out of Illinois, he shoots primarily out of Chicago and Normal, Illinois.
Condolences (2023)
An over-protective father must convince his daughter to move on after the death of her mother.
Projects
For an Eye (2024)
A former Marine MP seeks revenge against the warden of a private prison where his sister died.
Prenup (Pre-Production)
Proof of concept short comedy.
A dog-loving, Reiki massage therapist enjoys her day off with a jigsaw puzzle but suspicions of her wife’s infidelity arise. When the investigation heats up, her bread-winning wife asks for a divorce trying to end things before proof of adultery invalidates the prenuptial agreement.
Bad Penny (Post-Production)
Fake beer commercial.
A woman stops into a bar to tell the story of the bad day she's having only to realize she left her child in the car that got towed away.
Amor Fati (Sandbox)
Epic comedy.
Imagining the life my older brother could have lead had he lived, became a mediocre standup comedian, a failure as a director, found love before being diagnosed with terminal cancer he keeps from his wife.
Take My Wife, Please (Pre-Production)
Feature comedy.
A naïve optimist’s unconditional love is put to the test as her controlling, adulterous wife asks for a divorce shortly before being kidnapped and held for ransom.
Joining the Circus (Pre-Development)
Documentary.
Documenting what drives college students to perform in America's oldest collegiate circus alongside what drives young filmmakers to chase their dreams before AI consumes the studio system.
Nothing as It Seems (Development)
Short comedy.
A film student's deadbeat dad begs her for to help him fake tragic circumstances after his fraudulent crowdfunding attempt gains national media attention.
The Cub (Development)
Short comedy.
Two high-school kids at the end of a slow shift at a small-town diner get swamped when a pay-it-forward gesture gets out of hand (Tim Robinson style) and they have to complete the massive order to get to a softball game to garner the attention of the same girl who is also of interest to their boss who setup the pay-it-forward scheme to get a leg up on them in the three-way competition for the pitcher's heart.
Origin of Kingdoms (Pre-Development)
Feature horror comedy.
A psychedelic-fueled music festival goers struggle to grasp the reality of their situation as creatures invade.
F.U.N (Development)
Feature horror comedy.
A pothead ER surgeon tries to discover who she is now that her daughter has left for college while her over-protective husband goes backpacking with friends who unwittingly unleash a humanoid teen girl hell-bent on hunting down and killing the surgeon and her daughter.
Here Be Dragons (Development)
Feature comedy.
A young couple reeling from a miscarriage burn their bridges and go on an ill-prepared van-life misadventure trying to become influencers before their money runs out
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