Biography

Joe Saldana

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Joe Saldana was born in San Jose, California and grew up in Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of 18 he moved back to California to pursue his interest in music production and formed a progressive rock/hip-hop band with Aaron Huisenfeldt (his production company business partner) in 1995. Two years later they started an independent record label company called Barking Tiger Productions and recorded their band Big MF's first album, Magnolia. While producing and writing popular music with Aaron Huisenfeldt, they scored several independent films that premiered in various film festivals. Directing their first music video for the song "U Can't Ride" sparked their interest in the art of film-making, and in 2005 they began making their first film, the full-feature "Fists of Righteous Harmony" which was premiered at the Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival on December 27, 2007 and released worldwide on February 19, 2008.
- IMDb mini biography by: QuickJam Pictures

Worked as a chef for 14 years before becoming a filmmaker. He was an accountant before that but he hated being behind a desk so he became a chef.
His pet cat Natasha has an acting credit on the film "Fists of Righteous Harmony". She is in three scenes (when Syko is in a coma, when Syko and Big MF argue and a deleted scene of the four Fists meeting).
Commuted once a week between Los Angeles and San Diego during post-production of the film "Fists of Righteous Harmony", which took two years.
Wanted to be a rapper before becoming a filmmaker. He and Aaron Huisenfeldt had a band called "Big MF" in San Diego, CA. The band was a mix of progressive rock and hip hop and had a CD called "Magnolia". Shooting the video for the song "U Can't Ride", sparked the desire to become a filmmaker.
Still works as a chef once a week, just because he likes to cook.

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