Joe Ortiz

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About Joe Ortiz

A true creative in Film/Television, Joe has worked with Viacom MTV, VH1, BET, Comedy Central, Spike TV - ABC Family, Hallmark Channel, Universal Music, Verizon, Nike, RG/A, and the U.S. General Consulate. Joe has been a part of two CLIO Awards: 2016 Megadeth VR Experience with Ceek VR; 2008 Verizon Broadband Stories with RG/A Other acculades:Summa Cum Laude 2004 Dr. Joseph Drew Award for Excellence in Media Production and Academics Joe Lewis Ortiz is a creative leader who inspires both vision and excellence. His blueprint is action-based with a highly receptive approach. He takes pride in being a “go-getter”. At Ceek, Joe pilots their innovative and thrilling Immersive 360 “Vip” Experiences. His roles involve working directly with the artist, their management teams - guiding the vision from initial pre-prod logistics to on set directing of the crew & talent. Joe thrives at creative ingenuity.A Fordham graduate in Finance, Joe began his career on Wall Street, where at the age of 19 he was the youngest at his firm Gruntle & Co. Love of storytelling & film led him to pursue a B.A. at New Jersey City University graduating Summa Cum Laude receiving the Dr. Joseph Drew Award for Excellence in Academics & Media. Offered a masters scholarship from the prestigious MacArthur Foundation, Joe instead opted for employment at Mtv Studios on 1515 Broadway - Viacom headquarters in NYC where he worked with a pinnacle of musical talent, their labels & management. Joe Lewis Ortiz brings years of visionary award-winning experience to Ceek and its clientele. Joe has two written Screenplays:WEREWOLVES WANTEDA group of film students in search of Werewolves, as a spoof place a wanted ad in the Miami New Times leading them on a series of comical and strange events which ultimately proves more serious than any of them anticipated.(A Comedy-Horror Mockumentary) Similar To: Blair Witch Project, Spinal Tap, In the ShadowsDRUNK & WASTED ZOMBIE WARAfter a meteor shower disperses a strange funky gas causing a widespread Zombie plague. Renegade MMA fighter KO Z and a group of college misfits discover the only way to NOT become infected is to stay Drunk and Wasted. They must battle past brain thirsty Zombies to get to the next bar.(Action, Comedy, Horror - Pub Crawl)Similar to: Shawn of The Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Animal House