Josh Becker Biography (1958-)

Born in 1958.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, producer, writer, actor, cinematographer

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Unit sound and lighting director, The Evil Dead (also known as Book of the Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), New Line Cinema, 1981
  • Director, cinematographer, and editor, Stryker's War (also known as Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except), Film World Distributors, 1985
  • Director, Lunatics: A Love Story, RCA Home Video, 1991
  • Director, camera operator, and editor, Battle the Big Tuna (documentary), 1991
  • Camera operator, Hawg Wild in Sturgis (documentary), 1992
  • Producer and director, Running Time, Panoramic Pictures, 1997
  • Producer and director, If I Had a Hammer, Panoramic Pictures, 1999
  • Film Appearances
  • Fake Shemp, Evil Dead II (also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn and Evil Dead II, the Sequel to the Ultimate Experience in GruelingHorror), Rosebud Releasing, 1987
  • Fake Shemp, Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Army of Darkness: Evil Dead3, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead), Universal, 1993
  • Camper Steve, Mosquito (also known as Blood Fever and Nightswarm), Hemdale Home Video, 1995
  • Television Director
  • Episodic
  • Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, 1993
  • "A Fistful of Dinars," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1996
  • "Warrior ... Princess ... Tramp," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1996
  • "For Him the Bell Tolls," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1997
  • "Blind Faith," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1997
  • "Fins, Femmes, and Gems," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1998
  • "In Sickness and in Hell," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1998
  • "If the Shoe Fits," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1999
  • "Kindred Spirits," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 2000
  • "The Return of the Dragoon," Jack of All Trades, syndicated, 2000
  • "The People's Dragoon," Jack of All Trades, syndicated, 2000
  • "Soul Possession," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 2001
  • Other Television Work
  • Unit director, Hercules and the Amazon Women, 1994
  • Director, Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (movie), syndicated, 1994
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • (With others) Stryker's War (based on a story by Becker; alsoknown as Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except), Film World Distributors, 1985
  • (And lyricist) Lunatics: A Love Story, RCA Home Video, 1991
  • Running Time, Panoramic Pictures, 1997
  • If I Had a Hammer, Panoramic Pictures, 1999
  • Television Episodes
  • Coauthor, "Chariots of War" (based on a story by Becker), Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995
  • Coauthor, "Locked Up and Tied Down" (based on a story by Becker), Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1998
  • Other
  • Author of short stories, essays, and magazine articles.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Electronic
    • Becker Films, http://www.beckerfilms.com/.