40 Year Old Filmmaker Gives Advice To His 20 Year Old Self - Joe Burke @filmcourage
40 Year Old Filmmaker Gives Advice To His 20 Year Old Self - Joe Burke  @filmcourage
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Joe Burke is an indie filmmaker and actor best known for his new award-winning movie Burt, Four Dogs, Another Cancer Movie, House Sitting and more. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous national commercials and television shows, including Freeform’s Good Trouble, and the critically acclaimed Showtime series Ray Donovan, acting opposite Academy Award winner Jon Voight.

Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Burke moved to Chicago after high school to study filmmaking and theater at Columbia College Chicago. He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he earned his MFA in Directing from the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI).

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