Joe Carlini is a two-time Upper Midwest Emmy Award Winning Director/Writer from Minnesota. Joe has been nominated six times for an Upper Midwest Emmy, winning twice, once for his film "Second Chance U" and another time for his film "Everything is Wonderful." His work has been featured on Fox, NBC, CBS, WGN, Tru Magazine, Star Tribune, Omaha World Herald, Pioneer Press, IBN Network, and many more.

His first feature film, "My Senior Year" has received rave reviews from audience members and has been screened around the country including the biggest mall in the country, Mall Of America. And will be released nationwide in 2018.

In college, Joe earned two film degrees, during which he was nominated 8 times for an Upper Midwest Student Emmy, winning 3 times. Joe has made over 30 short films. In 2011, Joe won Best Picture at a 48 hour film festival in Wisconsin. Then in 2012, Joe entered the Suburban Community Channels Hall of Fame. Joe resides in Los Angeles.