Joe Gawalis
An award-winning filmmaker-producer based out of New York City. Influenced deeply by his east coast roots, Joe's style of filmmaking reflects the people of the big apple itself. Raw, gritty, rich in character and fueled by the understanding that the melting pot known as NYC is as diverse and melded together as a gray stormy night.
Joe's new film dark psychological drama Breaking Point starring William DeMeo, Joseph D'Onofrio and James K. Fulater was recently released worldwide and made a huge splash in the VOD market holding a top 40 position. The film was also featured on Fox 5 and in publications such as Yahoo! finance
His powerful drama Around Every Corner has gained an enormous fan following online in a short period of time it was just released on Amazon Prime, Amazon Video and iTunes. Joe has been interviewed on shows such as Fox 5's Good Day "Street Talk" with Emmy Award winning anchor Antwan Lewis and featured in such publications as Examiner.
Joe is the founder of Cliffside Productions, a full-service production company that has taken numerous films from development, pre-production, full on production, post production, all the way to distribution and more. His unique approach to modern day marketing, utilizing social media, finding and engaging target audiences along with a traditional approach has landed films on the top 30 pre-orders list on iTunes and in the top 3500 films on IMDB! Numerous films Cliffside Productions has been a part of have been on or in such networks and publications as Fox 5 NY, Yahoo Finance, Examiner, and NY 1. Cliffside Production's films have been distributed on top digital and VOD platforms in over sixty territories world wide!
Joe is also a proud recipient of the Drug Free Hero Award, for his community service and bringing awareness to the drug pandemic throughout New York City and the North East.