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JOSEPH PALERMO PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
After his father's death in November of 1970, 12 year old Joseph 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 Joseph 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 Joseph to go inside, deep in thought. In an effort to bring Joseph "out," his mother Mary, with the help of a friend, bought Joseph a Super 8 movie camera and projector. This was the beginning. In the fall, Joseph 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 Joseph'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 Joseph 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." Joseph 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, Joseph would go on to become the president of the group with a seat on the Board of Directors).
During his senior year, Joseph student-directed the melodrama "Pure As The Driven
Snow" under to tutelage of Osthoff. This was also the year that Joseph 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
It would seem that Joseph's next level of exposure to unusual phenomenon was to come in close series:
The Lindenwood Colleges came into Joseph'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 Joseph 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 Joseph 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.
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.
Joseph 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. Joseph 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 Joseph. 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. Joseph wrote, produced and directed another children’s short titled "Space Invaders." The Bigfoot sighting had led Joseph 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 Joseph was re-introduced to the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis. During this encounter with the group, Joseph 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, Joseph 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. Joseph 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 Joseph 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", Joseph took another run at producing a feature, his original screenplay about teenage love "Let's Be Friends." This time, Joseph 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, Joseph 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 Joseph had enough footage to pull together a full length story on super-8 sound color film. He added music track, sound effects and titles! Joseph took a hiatus from filmmaking to connect with area industry professionals. In the spring of 1982, Missouri Film Assistance Director Dean Brooks invited Joseph 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. Joseph 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, Joseph 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 Joseph 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 Joseph had entered the reality of marketing home videos. From 1982 to 1990, Joseph 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. Joseph'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. Joseph 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, Joseph 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 Joseph 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, Joseph 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.
Also in 1993, Joseph 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, Joseph organized his limited liability company, Dream Masters Studios. In February of 1996, Joseph invested his time and equipment as official videographer on an expedition to Puerto Rico and brought back 10 hours of footage. In 1998, Joseph 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, Joseph began working as an actor for micro-budget production companies Wicked Pixel Cinema and Fuzzy Devil Video. Cast as "Buck" In May of 1999, Joseph 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, Joseph 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, Joseph made his first of ongoing guest spots on the X-Zone radio show with Rob McConnell out of Canada. Joseph 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. Joseph 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, Joseph became involved with area organizations dealing in animal adoption and care.
In 2003, Joseph directed star
of stage and screen Margot Kidder for a PSA against puppy mills.
Joseph's work in 2005:
Joseph's work in 2007 After dealing with his mother's death in February, Joseph 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. Joseph's work in 2008 Too many issues force LightVision off the internet. Joseph 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 below.
Joseph has been a listed honoree since 1990 in the Marquise "Who's Who In Entertainment."
Represented by Hogan Talent Management. Contact at HoganTalent@aol.com
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Joseph was introduced to science fiction and horror films by his
father, and became fascinated with the unknown.
In high school, Joseph 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. Joseph'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 Joseph
in the lead role of the "Stager Manager" in Thornton Wilders' "Our Town."
It was also during this time
that Joseph 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, Joseph 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.
Joseph 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, Joseph 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 Joseph 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.
Joseph'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 Joseph 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" (Joseph's then 79 year old mother
Mary ... he is her caretaker ... names the cat).
