Joe Augustyn is a screenwriter and film producer. Born in Philadelphia, he pursued painting and cartooning before attending Temple University where he studied film theory and basic production.
As a freshman he won a FOCUS Award in the film studies category for a paper analyzing the symbolism in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. The only undergrad among eleven winners, he was flown to Los Angeles for the ceremonies, and subsequently moved to L.A. to attend the AFI Conservatory for Advanced Film Studies as a producing-fellow. Following graduation he worked as an associate of Steve Golin and Joni Sighvatsson, who later went on to found Propaganda Films. After producing two features he retired from producing to focus exclusively on screenwriting, completing assignments for such companies as Tristar, Propaganda and countless indie producers.
Augustyn's first feature, Night of the Demons, which was based on his original screenplay Halloween Party, was remade in 2008 by 7 Arts Productions, starring Shannon Elizabeth and Edward Furlong.
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