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Alma mater | American Film Institute |
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Joel Soisson is an American filmmaker. He works primarily in the field of independent film. His numerous credits include Dracula 2000 , A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge , Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , The Prophecy , Little Pink House and Buffalo Rider. [1]
Soisson studied fine arts and character animation at Pratt Institute and film studies at the University of Southern California and the American Film Institute. [2]
Soisson has written, produced and directed numerous feature films since producing Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). He worked extensively with production companies such as New Line Cinema, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and The Weinstein Company, before making films under his own banner, Neo Art & Logic, where he helped produce and finance Sweet Jane (1998) and the documentary feature Trekkies (1997).
Mr. Soisson was featured prominently in Season 3 of the reality television series, Project Greenlight, which chronicled the making of the horror film, Feast, directed by then-neophyte John Gulager. He is a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America.
He currently lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington and works internationally. His wife, Claudia Templeton, is an actress and production accountant. [3]
This article contains a list that has not been properly sorted. Specifically, it does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works (often, though not always, due to being in reverse-chronological order). See MOS:LISTSORT for more information.(July 2022) |
Film | Year | Role |
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Seven Cemeteries | 2023 | Producer, Screenplay |
My Best Worst Adventure | 2021 | Writer/Director |
Fatal Beauty | 2019 | Writer/Director |
Children of the Corn: Runaway | 2018 | Writer |
Little Pink House | 2017 | Producer |
Girl Missing | 2015 | Director |
Buffalo Rider | 2015 | Writer/Director |
Cam2Cam | 2014 | Writer/Director |
Toonstone | 2014 | Executive Producer |
White Frog | 2012 | Producer |
Piranha 3DD | 2012 | Producer, Writer |
Children of the Corn: Genesis | 2011 | Writer/Director |
Pulse 3 | 2008 | Writer/Director |
Pulse 2: Afterlife | 2008 | Writer/Director |
Highlander: The Source | 2007 | Writer (as Mark Bradley) |
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile | 2006 | Executive producer |
Pulse | 2006 | Producer |
Hollow Man 2 | 2006 | Writer |
Feast | 2005 | Producer |
The Prophecy: Forsaken | 2005 | Writer/Director |
The Prophecy: Uprising | 2005 | Writer/Director |
Hellraiser: Hellworld | 2005 | Story by |
Trekkies 2 | 2004 | Executive Producer |
Dracula III: Legacy | 2003 | Producer, Writer |
Dracula II: Ascension | 2003 | Producer, Writer |
Children of the Corn: Revelation | 2001 | Producer |
Mimic 2 | 2001 | Writer |
Dracula 2000 | 2000 | Producer, Writer |
Highlander: Endgame | 2000 | Writer |
Sweet Jane | 2000 | Executive Producer |
Hellraiser: Inferno | 2000 | Producer |
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | 2000 | Producer, Writer |
Suckers | 1999 | Executive Producer |
Six Days in Roswell | 1999 | Executive Producer |
Phantoms | 1998 | Producer |
The Prophecy II | 1998 | Producer |
Drive (TV) | 1997 | Executive Producer |
Trekkies | 1997 | Executive Producer |
Slaves to the Underground | 1997 | Executive Producer |
No Way Back (TV) | 1996 | Producer |
Back to Back | 1996 | Executive Producer |
Countdown | 1996 | Producer |
Infinity | 1996 | Producer |
Fist of the North Star (Video) | 1995 | Co-Executive Producer |
The Prophecy | 1995 | Producer |
Blue Tiger (TV) | 1994 | Executive Producer, Screenplay |
American Yakuza | 1994 | Executive Producer |
Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence | 1993 | Producer |
Blue Desert | 1991 | Executive Producer |
Lower Level | 1991 | 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay |
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show | 1990 | Producer |
Modern Love | 1990 | Executive Producer |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1989 | Producer |
Trick or Treat | 1986 | 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Director, Producer, Screenplay |
The Supernaturals | 1986 | Producer, Writer |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | 1985 | 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Director, Line Producer |
Lethal | 1985 | Associate Producer |
The Witch | 1985 | Assistant Art Director |
The Boys Next Door | 1985 | Associate Producer |
Avenging Angel | 1985 | Associate Producer |
Hambone and Hillie | 1983 | Screenplay, Associate Producer |
The Triumphs of a Man Called Horse | 1982 | Production Assistant |
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