Biography

Joseph W. Engel was born on March 7, 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for This Is the Life (1935), $10 Raise (1935) and The Light of Western Stars (1940). He died on April 18, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.

Co-founder of Metro Pictures Corp., 1915.

Co-founder (w/Fred J. Balshofer, Richard A. Rowland) of Quality Pictures Corp., formed in 1915.

Co-founded (w/William Swanson, Edwin S. Porter) Rex Film Co., formed in 1909.

Co-founded (with Fred J. Balshofer, Richard A. Rowland) Yorke Film Corp., a production company, in 1916.