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Joe Palermo was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 1958
to Joe (1912 - 1970) and Mary (1922 - 2007) Palermo, who owned and operated a tavern now referred to as
"America's Original Sports Bar" ). During his fourth year,
Joe's
parents moved from the City of St. Louis to St. Louis County. He received his
primary education through the Ritenour School district. During his formative years,
Joe
played in the elementary school band in position of First Trumpet and began patterning his
singing voice after his favorite vocalist, Elvis Presley (34 years later he would
portray "The King" in a Yellow Key Car Insurance
commercial).
Joe was introduced to science fiction and horror films by his
father, and became fascinated with the unknown.
After his father's death in November of 1970, 12 year old Joe was moved with his
mother in the spring of 1971 to Fort Worth Texas, living with her parents Ben
and Eula Briscoe. It only took a few months of the
daily savagery of the middle school Joe attended accompanied by the attempted rule of
his grandparents towards he and his mother to cause their return to St. Louis County to
the residence they've maintained since 1971.
With the death of his father, his experiences in the brutal Ft. Worth middle
school, all the moving around (he and his mother lived with two different family
friends before their new house was ready), and coming to live in a now
unfamiliar neighborhood caused Joe to go inside, deep in thought. In an
effort to bring Joe "out," his mother Mary, with the help of a friend, bought
Joe a Super 8 movie camera and projector. This was the beginning.
In the fall, Joe continued his education in 8th grade at his familiar Hoech Junior High and maintained his fascination with
unusual phenomena. Over the summer of 1972, 14 year old Joe's curiosity was peaked when he and several
neighborhood friends sighted a circular object over their homes just South of Lambert
International Airport. Parents ignored Joe and his friends UFO sighting, but he knew he
had witnessed something unlike anything he'd seen before, even on television. He was
further excited to discover a UFO study group (the launching pad for what is now known as
the Mutual UFO Network, Inc.) in the area was bringing nuclear physicist Stanton T.
Friedman in to lecture on "Project Blue Book." Joe attended the
lecture, got Friedman's autograph but was disappointed to find that all the study group
could *offer the 14 year old was a subscription to their newsletter and a list of books to
read (*In later years, Joe would go on to become the president of the group with a seat
on the Board of Directors).
That same summer, Joe devoted all of his
spare time towards preparing for his first film, an eighteen minute short titled "The
Teenage Werewolf." Produced in the summer of 1972, it featured neighborhood
kids, displayed action, and proved entertaining to Joe's junior high peers. (Joe would be recognized
three years later in high school for his performance in the production)
The reaction of his fellow 9th graders spurred him forward. Joe studied
every book in the junior high library he could on movie-making ... and UFO's.
In high school, Joe continued reading
everything he could about filmmaking and UFOs. He wrote a sociology paper on UFOs
which earned him top grade and then began to script out a story idea.
Joe's
junior year in high school was his first exposure to production outside of his own small
production experiences. Drama Club advisor Martha Osthoff cast Joe
in the lead role of the "Stager Manager" in Thornton Wilders' "Our Town."
It was also during this time
that Joe experimented with his first sound-striped film on a science fiction project
called "CAPTIVES OF TIME." Of course, the project was too much for a novice high
school filmmaker to accomplish, but a few scenes managed to be produced.
During his senior year, Joe student-directed the melodrama "Pure As The Driven
Snow" under to tutelage of Osthoff. This was also the year that Joe performed, for his first time, as
"Elvis" in a "Music Through The Ages" church program where he
was told "Please keep the gyrations to a minimum. This is a church
function." The remainder of his senior year the time was split between his
filmmaking endeavors shooting the Cross Country competition's for Coach Wirtz, and
becoming involved with
Uechi-Ryu Karate through the North County YMCA under his
sensei, Larry Jennings. His rapid learning
and proficiency in the martial art
earned him top respect, and conjobo kata competition honors
(click to see video clip) with his
filmmaking hobby earning him sacred entrance to film the normally closed Black Belt
testing.
During the year between
high school and college, Joe experimented with shooting a fictional script called
"Terror of the Wilderness" written by a high school buddy with the story
revolving around weekend campers terrorized by encounters with the Bigfoot creature.
Joe learned about scheduling and gathering for location shooting. Producing duties
included travel to and shooting in DeSoto, Missouri and cooperating with the Woodson
Terrace Police Department for shooting in the police station.
It would seem that Joe's next level of exposure to unusual phenomenon was to come in
close series:
In September of 1976, while on a double date, Joe and high school friend Mike Poinsette, had what
Joe terms a Bigfoot sighting in Creve Coeur Park.
In August of 1977, just shortly after the death Joe's singing idol, Elvis Presley,
Joe and Poinsette were on a camping trip in DeSoto, Missouri and witnessed two lights
chase each other across the midnight sky in a "dog fighting" fashion.
The Lindenwood Colleges came into Joe's life in the fall of 1977. His first semester involved study of theatre and his first exposure to acting instructors
with a professional background. His first acting teacher, off-broadway director Yvonne
Garheeb, taught Joe the dynamics of acting, character acting, the dynamics of
presentation and reinforced his knowledge of professionalism in the entertainment
industry. It was the first time Joe was around a cast and crew who were
absolutely serious about performing and the quality of production. Experiencing the
response of an audience and a full fledged production inspired him onward.
In December of 1977, Joe had an encounter with a spirit in Sibley Hall at
Lindenwood College. Joe describes the encounter as "friendly" because the
entity prevented him from tumbling down the second floor stairway.
During his theatrical training, his involvement with Dr. Wesley Van Tassel (who would
go on to produce Summer-Stage and productions at West Port Playhouse) taught him about the
discipline and power of focus necessary to carry through as a producer.
During his
college years, Joe performed in "Godspell" (he would be recognized three
years later for his performance), "A Christmas Carol" and several student one
acts. Film study and filmmaking classes lured Joe from his theatrical
environment. During this time, he experienced the same teamwork atmosphere on a
class film project leading to another completed project, learning about the camera
operation of the Bolex 16mm wind camera, lighting, manipulation of film exposures, his
accomplishment of a completed short film, a children's story titled "It's Going To Be
One Of Those Days." He also experienced the position of theatrical exhibition
during his weekend assignments as projectionist for the Lindenwood Film Series.
Joe's responsibilities included set up of the synchronous 16mm projectors,
picking up the film reels, cleaning the film, inspecting it for damage, worked with 16mm
tape splicing for repair, screen setup, anamorphic lens insertion for wide screen films
and admitting and overseeing attendees of the showings. All this made Joe think not
only about the production of film but also the business of exhibition and marketing.
He was introduced to the trade publication Variety and began reading
about the overall motion picture industry. He tracked the top films, number of
screens involved, new films beginning principle photography, that sometimes films wait
three years to get a distributor...a much larger picture of the real
activity of the "business."
Joe then discovered the difficulty in raising money for film production. He
read about investors wanting a "tax shelter," that some movies were actually
funded with the hopes of loosing money! He learned about the complications of
securing investors moneys, about escrow bank accounts, about time limitations, that there
were specific legally recognized vehicles for accepting large sums of money for
production, that investors also had to meet standards of qualification, Federal laws,
State laws, Security and Exchange Commission regulations.
Joe opted to incorporate as a means of liability protection and in 1978 Midwest
Films Productions, Inc. was born. This corporation worked as an experimental base
for Joe. Family and friends invested to raise $1,500. Super-8 sound equipment was
purchased and "It's Going To Be One Of Those Days" was reproduced and aired on
the local origination channels for then Group W Cable in St. Louis County and St. Charles.
Joe wrote, produced and directed another children’s short titled "Space
Invaders."
The Bigfoot sighting had led Joe on a six year investigation. While many things were
uncovered, the trail of this legend ended in an unresolved mystery but it was during the
course of these investigations in 1979 that Joe was re-introduced to the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis.
During this encounter with the group, Joe was introduced to both area KTVI Channel 2
celebrity astrologer, the late Rosie Cosentino with whom he would become good friends and
appear as a guest on both her radio and cable television show) , and "Dave" and
"Phylis," two of the original "St. Louis Psi-Squad" (which has now
expanded to become the "U.S. Psi Squad" founded by the late, world famous St.
Louis psychic, Bevy Jaegers). For the next ten years, Joe dedicated every Wednesday and
Thursday night to psychic and metaphysical study and training.
In 1979, horror/sci-fi director John Carpenter brought his production of "Escape
From New York" to St. Louis. Joe immediately worked to gain entrance to the set as an
film student observer but was turned down because of production insurance restrictions. He
then tried auditioning to be an extra, was chosen and spent one day and four nights on the
production. Working in this professional environment was a dream for him. He was able to
meet, speak with and get autographs from Kurt Russell and Adrienne Barbeau however
Joe was only able to get
an autograph from the director he respected so greatly.
In 1980 (while working part-time for St. Charles Cable Channel 12
and full time for the Special School District of St. Louis County in Jennings School
District) because the excitement of production was still hot in St. Louis after
"Escape From New York", Joe took another run at producing a feature, his
original screenplay about teenage love "Let's Be Friends." This time,
Joe held cast calls, and designed his production as he had learned to do. Rehearsals,
production meetings, location scouting, pulling together his largest crew and cast yet.
Over a nine month period, on weekends, Joe worked to produce "Let's Be
Friends." This time, he experienced scheduling and coordination situations (over 50
people involved in cast and crew) challenges of working with limited equipment but he also
strengthened his focus and ability to not be overwhelmed by obstacles. The cast and crew
got tired in the summer of 1981, and most were "suddenly unavailable" to shoot
anymore but Joe had enough footage to pull together a full length story on super-8
sound color film. He added music track, sound effects and titles!
Joe took a hiatus from filmmaking to connect with area industry professionals.
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.
In October of 1982, Joe participated in the fun of the Jim White KMOX
"Spooktacular" with his psi-squad friends only to have the most frightening
encounter of his conscious life with a spirit in the Lemp Mansion.
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, and William C. Addison's
Phoenix VI Television Productions on projects for SportsTime Cable Network, Inc. and E.S.P.N. Cable as ...
Kevin Slaten and Stacie St. James as host and color announcers respectively for the
SportsTime Cable Network production "Purnia Cat Classic All Women's Gymnastics
Meet" from the Hearn's Center in which. Joe was 3rd Unit Director as seen in the on
screen credit.Click photos for Real Player clip.
Joe's on
screen Associate Producer credit for the US National Table Tennis Championships produced
for ESPN. Click credit photos for Real Player clip.
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.
During this same time frame, Joe simultaneously maintained
several jobs, and video free-lance work while serving for both the UFO Study Group of
Greater St. Louis and the Missouri Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network, Inc. He has
been videographer, historian, librarian, editor and publisher of the newsletter The
ENIGMA, president and board member for the UFO Study Group, and has served as State
Director of Public Information and Education as well as Assistant State Director of Investigations
for Missouri MUFON. He has personally investigated 15 reports ranging from simply
lights in the sky all the way to alien encounters and alien communications.
Joe also maintained his theatrical roots in the late
'80's. He performed in six shows over a two year time period at Lindenwood and with
the St. Charles Theatre Guild. In 1989, Joe worked in two video clubs in St.
Charles and observed club members viewing and rental habits, adding additional first hand
knowledge about viewing and rental habits of video members.
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.
**As of 2008, corrections have been
made and Lord of the Region can now be purchased as a
digital download!
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 1996, Joe began working as an actor for micro-budget
production companies Wicked Pixel Cinema and Fuzzy Devil Video.
Cast as "Buck" in Eric
Stanze's ICE FROM THE SUN, and "Deputy Sheriff Foxy Watson"
in THE UNDERTOW.
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 glich 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 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.
Also during this period, Joe became involved with area
organizations dealing in animal adoption and care.
During August of 2000 he rescued "Puddy Kitty" (Joe's then 79 year old mother
Mary ... he is her caretaker ... names the cat).
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 romantic comedy movie short
"Timeline"
shot in St. Charles, Missouri featuring actors
Tanya Dempsey (the
girlfriend) and
Meagan Mangum (the
server).
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:
Joe becomes 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. Video tapes the Annual Hope For The Holidays' Gala for Stray
Rescue this time featuring Steve Valentine of "Crossing Jordan" fame.
Joe's work in 2007
After dealing with his mother's death in February, Joe has to deal with
the most major turning point in his life and EVERYTHING is put on hold until
August. Finding a free online internet radio service that allows for live
call-ins, he and Joice Owlwoman along with new co-host Amber prepare to
re-launch LightVision and launch The Owlwoman Hour to put Joice back in touch
with the listeners she developed at 97.1 FM in St. Louis several years ago.
Joe's work in 2008
Too many issues force LightVision off the internet. Joe is now
focused on developing an audience for his internet television station,
www.its-dms.com creating viewing pages for
the top fifty television markets. He is also contacted by KPI-TV for use
of some footage from his documentary "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins!" and to be
interviewed on-camera about the Chupacabras creature for their History Channel
series MonsterQuest.
No $ are involved however the high profile he needs
to draw attention to his internet work is what's desired. See his segment
here.
Joe's work in 2009: Very little. His health begins to fail him.
He has cataract surgery on both eyes and in the last quarter he's hospitalized
by
ketoacidosis, a severe diabetic condition that almost kills him. He
then discovers he has times of low blood pressure.
Joe in 2010: On food stamps, disability, medicaid and a walker, he
works to get his body back under control.
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 . September 2006, Joe has been re-nominated and
accepted as a board member of the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
In 2009, at the behest of new state director Debbie Ziegelmeyer, Joe returns
as an investigator to Missouri MUFON. In May 2010, he agrees to be a
speaker at the August 2010
Midwest UFO Conference
in Columbia, Missouri.
Joe was introduced to science fiction and horror films by his
father, and became fascinated with the unknown.
In high school, Joe continued reading
everything he could about filmmaking and UFOs. He wrote a sociology paper on UFOs
which earned him top grade and then began to script out a story idea.
Joe's
junior year in high school was his first exposure to production outside of his own small
production experiences. Drama Club advisor Martha Osthoff cast Joe
in the lead role of the "Stager Manager" in Thornton Wilders' "Our Town."
It was also during this time
that Joe experimented with his first sound-striped film on a science fiction project
called "CAPTIVES OF TIME." Of course, the project was too much for a novice high
school filmmaker to accomplish, but a few scenes managed to be produced.
earned him top respect, and 
During the year between
high school and college, Joe experimented with shooting a fictional script called
"Terror of the Wilderness" written by a high school buddy with the story
revolving around weekend campers terrorized by encounters with the Bigfoot creature.
Joe learned about scheduling and gathering for location shooting. Producing duties
included travel to and shooting in DeSoto, Missouri and cooperating with the Woodson
Terrace Police Department for shooting in the police station.
During his
college years, Joe performed in "Godspell" (he would be recognized three
years later for his performance), "A Christmas Carol" and several student one
acts. Film study and filmmaking classes lured Joe from his theatrical
environment. During this time, he experienced the same teamwork atmosphere on a
class film project leading to another completed project, learning about the camera
operation of the Bolex 16mm wind camera, lighting, manipulation of film exposures, his
accomplishment of a completed short film, a children's story titled "It's Going To Be
One Of Those Days." He also experienced the position of theatrical exhibition
during his weekend assignments as projectionist for the Lindenwood Film Series.
Joe's responsibilities included set up of the synchronous 16mm projectors,
picking up the film reels, cleaning the film, inspecting it for damage, worked with 16mm
tape splicing for repair, screen setup, anamorphic lens insertion for wide screen films
and admitting and overseeing attendees of the showings. All this made Joe think not
only about the production of film but also the business of exhibition and marketing.
He was introduced to the trade publication Variety and began reading
about the overall motion picture industry. He tracked the top films, number of
screens involved, new films beginning principle photography, that sometimes films wait
three years to get a distributor...a much larger picture of the real
activity of the "business."
Assistant State Director of Investigations
for Missouri MUFON. He has personally investigated 15 reports ranging from simply
lights in the sky all the way to alien encounters and alien communications.
During August of 2000 he rescued "Puddy Kitty" (Joe's then 79 year old mother
Mary ... he is her caretaker ... names the cat).
