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JOE PALERMO - 120mm, Super-8, 16mm, reel-to-reel, 3/4", ... Broadcast and Web Content Producer

Joseph Leo (Joe) Palermo was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 1958. During his fourth year

Joe's parents moved from the City of St. Louis to the City of Woodson Terrace in St. Louis County.

He received his primary education through the Ritenour School district.

Joe in 4th grade During his formative years, Joe demonstrated a propensity for the arts. Taking from his favorite TV shows of the sixties, Joe would gather friends at school (Kratz Elementary) and home to re-enact scenes from Lost In Space, Wild Wild West, Batman and the like. At Kratz Elementary, because of his mother's enjoyment of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass group, he took up and achieved 1st trumpet status. His dad introduced him to 120mm photography.

Additionally, the discovery of an old, working mimeograph machine in the garage filled young Joe's mind with publish-ing a "neighborhood newspaper." The hope was quickly dashed when those he solicited for help (neighborhood kids) soon got tired of the actual work involved and quit.

Joe was one of the smaller kids in school, was always last to be chosen for a team sport, and often picked on. In one bullying situation Joe was lamenting what to do. The TV series Batman was now on and one episode showed Robin the Boy Wonder grabbed from behind just like the bully at school was doing. Robin flipped the bad guy over his shoulder and he SPLATTED on the floor. Joe smiled. The next day at school, the bully grabbed him as usual and Joe grabbed his arm and jerked forward as Robin had done. The bully his the pavement with a grunt. The wind knocked out of him he was very slow moving. Joe smiled and danced away. The bully never even got close to him again. Full of confidence, Joe applied for and became a patrol boy in sixth grade. His confidence got squashed one afternoon when he tried to keep some kids from crossing the street because of cars. An argument ensued, Joe got bossy claiming his authority as a patrol boy and took a solid punch in the stomach from one of the kids. This time he was the one slow moving getting up. He wanted no more physical conflicts ever again.

Next: Junior High School - Surviving and Moviemaking

In the spring of 1982, Missouri Film Assistance Director Dean Brooks invited Joe to participate as a speaker at a state-wide meeting of film professionals by the being hosted by Brooks office in Jefferson City. The meeting was designed to make Missouri State officials more aware of what could be offered to Hollywood producers who wanted to use locations in Missouri for shooting. It was from these meetings that the State of Missouri chose to establish the Missouri Film Commission. Joe also began free-lancing in video in 1982 which included a marathon 72 hour television production of the V. P. Fair and an 18 episode series of international champion table tennis competition from the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas.

1984 brought the first public showing of "Let's Be Friends" designed to encourage audience members to sign up with the new, non-profit Midwest Motion Picture Protégées, Inc. Protegees was formed by Joe and two associates, David Toole and Robert Cardinale to give interested people the chance to learn hands on production in film and video at a basic level...and to act as a non-profit organization with which to raise funds to make films. The first meeting brought in 80 people, some industry professionals, some students and they all applauded the effort and completion of "Let's Be Friends."
Protégées met with some success. A production contract was signed with the U.F.O. Study Group of Greater St. Louis for the video taping and selling of the 1985 Mutual UFO Network, Inc. Symposium being held at the Chase Park Plaza that featured lecture presentations by professionals in the field of ufology. The lectures were taped, titles added and some tapes sold. Now Joe had entered the reality of marketing home videos.

From 1982 to 1990, Joe worked in video production for such companies as Edward D. Jones and Company (where he learned about the financial industry and the attitudes and philosophies of professional financial advisors) Venture Stores, Media Magic Public Relations, The Impact Group, Inc., Anhesuer Busch, SportsTime Cable Network, Inc. and E.S.P.N. Cable as well as maintaining a part-time production position with the City of St. Charles. Joe's video production of the first "National Night Out" in St. Charles earned the city fifth place for cities under 60,000 population in the national National Night Out competitions. Joe produced the first "Crime Stoppers" segment for St. Charles, which actually hit the air before the first "Crime Stoppers" segment by area CBS affiliate KMOV-TV.
In 1993, while working at U.P.S. (United Parcel Service) Joe produced another script of his own "Lord Of The Region" an action/horror story about a struggle for power between two practitioners of witchcraft and the humans that are caught in the struggle. Taping on Hi-8 video began February of 1993 and wrapped principle photography in August of 1993 with final finished product achieved in late September. Joe was not directorially happy with the finished product and decided to withhold it from major attempts at distribution until there could be additional work done on it (available for free view on the Truly Independent Productions Channel. Also in 1993, Joe donated his performance abilities as "The King" for a flood relief effort put on in O'Fallon, Missouri by the area Elvis Presley Fan Club.

In June of 1995, Joe organized his limited liability company, Dream Masters Studios. In February of 1996, Joe invested his time and equipment as official videographer on an expedition to Puerto Rico and brought back 10 hours of footage. In 1998, Joe found an investor which allowed him to add digital video editing capabilities to his home PC. He completed a 3 hour and 4 minute researchers version and a 2 hour consumer version titled "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins."
In May of 1999, Joe began reaching out to 250,000 households with a weekly cable show called "Dream Masters Studios Theatre" on Charter Communications in St. Louis. A glitch in the editing system coupled with shows not being aired on consistent times and dates caused the cancellation of "Dream Masters Studios Theatre."

In June of 2000, after two months of conversations, Joe has successfully positioned Dream Masters Studios with StreamSearch.Com and has the first program on-line for pay-per-view. Unfortunately, the management of StreamSearch, Inc. promised far more than they delivered and ultimately went bankrupt in 2001. Also in 2000, Joe made his first of ongoing guest spots on the X-Zone radio show with Rob McConnell out of Canada. Joe also acted as US representative to then Canadian X-Zone listeners due to his scheduled guest spot the day immediately following the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States.
Joe has since pursued knowledge and experience in producing streaming video for the Internet. He has been demonstrating the interest in streaming video since 2002.

In 2003, Joe directed star of stage and screen Margot Kidder for a PSA against puppy mills.
Starting up ITS-DMS.COM (Internet Television Station - Dream Masters Studios) fall of 2004, December of 2004 allowed Joe the distinct pleasure of video taping the 2004 Stray Rescue Gala event. This event featured the public announcement of December 3rd being declared "Animal Guardian Day" in the City of Saint Louis and also featuring three celebrities ... City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, founder of Stray Rescue Randy Grim, and the woman he refers to as his "little sister," Academy Award nominee, animal activist and founder of Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, Linda Blair (click photo to see video). It was after hearing Linda explain how she came to dedicate her life to placing domesticated animals with human guardians that Joe decided to re-dedicate his life to the exploration of paranormal issues.

Joe's work in 2005:

Maintained his video technical director position with Lonnell Hudson Video Productions on the annual Memories of Elvis Show starring Steve Davis at the Pageant in University City, Missouri
Performed same duties for the wake, funeral and benefit show of blues piano player legend Johnnie Johnson
Accepted the position of Director and Co-Producer for producer Jeff Rinehart's company Escape From St. Louis, LLC.
Produced and hosted a documentary titled "Walking the Walk With The Paranormal"
Completed a three day stint in early August as assistant director duties on writer/director Wyatt Weed's (and AD on the feature movie Guardian of the Realm") romantic comedy movie short "Timeline" shot in St. Charles, Missouri featuring actors Tanya Dempsey and Meagan Mangum.
Re-nominated to the Board of Directors for the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis
Officially signed on Hogan Talent Management as his official manager
Signed an agreement for footage usage from his documentary "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins" with West Beach Entertainment for their documentary on vampires for broadcast on The Discovery Channel in October 2005 (*Never happens!)
Video tapes the "2005 Hope for the Holidays" program again with Randy Grim and Linda Blair.

Joe's work in 2006:

In 2006, Joe has become the co-producer and co-host of LightVision, an internet radio program featuring talk about metaphysics and spirituality with guests that include Celestine Prophesies author and movie producer James Redfield. Co-produced and co-hosted by psychic, Reiki master, and spirit communicator Joice Owlwoman, Light Vision is a speculative venture in the development stages.
Also, in 2006, Joe produced two commercials for St. Louis County County Executive Republican candidate Joe Passanise which aired on all local channels in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
In 2007, with the death of his mother, Joe has been able to take up residence in Chesterfield, Missouri and is beginning to work on a dramatic and reality based productions involving the paranormal, producing videos for own-by-download sales as well as supplying area business with video and streaming video needs.
In 2008, Joe was a quest on History Channel's MonsterQuest series regarding his videography participation in the 1996 Puerto Rico expedition in search of the Chupacabras creature. Click picture to see segment.

In 2008, Joe was a quest on History Channel's MonsterQuest series regarding his videography participation in the 1996 Puerto Rico expedition in search of the Chupacabras creature. Click picture to see segment.

Joe has been a listed honoree since 1990 in the Marquise "Who's Who In Entertainment."

Additionally, Joe is listed on the Internet Movie Data Base and, as of 2002, is on the Board of Directors for UFORC, a global UFO investigation organization. As of September 2006, Joe has been re-nominated and accepted as a board member of the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis, Inc.

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