Josh Becker Biography (1958-)

Born in 1958.

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.

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