Joseph Romano Thomas was born and raised in Baltimore Maryland and became interested in movie making watching Don Dohler alien monster films. He moved to :os Angeles in 1984 when he worked in music videos and and 900 TV commercials. In 1999 he made his first movie Manso Kilmore: The Night Caller Of Coal Miners Holler. His companies, Night Vision Films, Loose Screw Films and J R Thomas Marketing Group continue to make and distribute movies, many for clients looking to get into the No Budget filmmaking business.