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Currently, Joe Castro is 54 years, 6 months and 5 days old. Joe Castro will celebrate 55rd birthday on a Saturday 17th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Joe Castro upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Joe Castro |
| Occupation | Special Effects |
| Age | 54 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 17, 1970 (San Antonio, Texas, USA) |
| Birthday | May 17 |
| Town/City | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Joe Castro’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Joe Castro was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Director, Producer, and Special Effects Artist, Joe Castro, born in San Antonio, Texas, began his career at age 15 when he was hired to create special effects make-up for a PBS affiliate and graduated to writing and directing his own feature films, in the 80's, when his parents invested in his career and bought him a portable VHS camera.
In 1985, Joe won the National special effects make-up contest in Monsterland magazine. In 1989, Joe moved to Los Angeles, California to continue his career in filmmaking.In 1993, Joe produced and directed his first feature film, CEREMONY, shot on 35mm Panavision.
The film was an apocalyptic horror thriller. This film won a Silver Award at the Worldfest Charleston Film Festival. In 1997, Joe produced his second Internationally distributed feature film, Legend of the Chupacabra on his parent's ranch.
In 2001, Joe produced, directed, and created the special effects for the wildly, successful cult film, TERROR TOONS. This film has already spawned four sequels.In 1994, Lionsgate distributed Joe's 7th feature titled, THE JACKHAMMER MASSACRE.
In 2011, Joe released his multi-award winning film, THE SUMMER OF MASSACRE, which won him the Guinness Book Of World Record for "Highest body count in a Slasher film," which is 155 kills.Altogether, Joe has won over 46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects.
Since teaming with his partner, Steven Escobar, Castro has Produced, Written & Directed 16 feature films.
