After attending New York's Pratt Institute (fine art/animation), The University of Southern California (film studies) and The American Film Institute (cinematography), Joel Soisson found initial work in Hollywood as a screenwriter and storyboard artist. He went on to pen over two dozen features, including
Hollow Man II (2006) for Screen Gems,
Dracula 2000 (2000) for Dimension Films,
Blue Tiger (1994) for First Look Pictures and two installments of the "Highlander" franchise.
Soisson has directed eight feature films, among them
The Prophecy: Uprising (2005),
Buffalo Rider (2015) and
Girl Missing (2015).
Soisson was one of several filmmakers profiled in the Bravo hit reality series
Project Greenlight (2001) which documented their making of the horror comedy
Feast (2005) from screenplay to theatrical release.
Soisson's numerous producing credits include the seminal teen comedy
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) with
Keanu Reeves, cult fave
The Prophecy (1995) with
Christopher Walken,
Infinity (1996) starring
Matthew Broderick and
Patricia Arquette, and the feature documentary
Trekkies (1997).
He is married to
Claudia Templeton and divides his time between Los Angeles and Bainbridge Island, Washington.