Joe Nelms

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Joe spent the last twenty years working in advertising, television and film including senior positions at DMB&B, Grey, BBDO and Warner Bros. serving clients like Pepsi, GE, Campbell's, Foot Locker, the Harry Potter series, the Ocean's 11 series, and The Matrix Trilogy.

Joe was co-founder, artistic director, producer and director of Live On Tape, a live sketch comedy show that was bought by NBC and turned into ten hilarious episodes. Additionally, he helped produce Between, a feature film that debuted in the Sundance Drama competition, and he co-wrote the teen horror parody film Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th (currently available on Netflix).
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The Last Time I Died

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Formerly Fingerman: A Novel

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Lindsey/Jane: A Short Story...

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"In his riveting, searing debut, Joe Nelms forces his main character, Christian Franco, through a self-imposed, bone-crunching wringer that is painful to watch. And yet there is an ineluctability to the process which makes it impossible for us to stop watching; we feel compelled to witness a man break himself down because we understand it is his only hope of redemption, as tenuous as that may be. Read more of this blog post »
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