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Feb 2023
Young Harrogate director races to make last film following terminal diagnosis
A young Harrogate director who has been given just five more years to live is racing against time to make his final film.
Joe Cash, 30, has enjoyed a successful career working as a stuntman and prop artist on big-budget Hollywood movies including the Mad Max, Jurassic Park and Fast & Furious franchises. And when the Covid pandemic shut the film industry down, he started to make his own independent horror films.
But in October 2022 he was diagnosed with bone cancer, and in December he received worse news still: he has a brain tumour and his life expectancy has fallen to five years. He is expected to lose his memory within the next 12 months.
Joe said:
Joe’s Hollywood work started in 2005, and since then he’s been shot by Han Solo when playing a stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and even broke three vertebrae when a stunt when wrong while standing in for Johnny Depp during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Joe Cash will be directing on the set of his last film, Carnal Redemption, this summer.
His more recent work has involved a radical change of genre, and an inevitable drop in budget. His made his first independent film, Jezebel, for just £30.
He said:
His next film, Carnal Monsters, was made for just £500, and his last film, Calling Nurse Meow, was banned in 40 countries, reportedly becoming the most banned film in for 42 years – a record Joe is proud of.
Joe Cash made Carnal Monsters on a budget of just £500.
Joe added:
Carnal Redemption will start filming in the summer and Joe hopes it will be ready in time for a premiere in January and release next spring.
Joe said:
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