Joey Dedio's “DOWNTOWN” Thursday, June 14, 2007

Having appeared in over fifteen films including, L.A Rules, Somewhere in the City, Where the Day Takes You, The Last Great Ride, Queenie in Love, A Good Night to Die, Strays, and Trick. It was during the filming of Sundance nominated Best Picture Strays starring opposite Vin Diesel, that Dedio got a real taste for producing and making independent films. Dedio’s first screenplay titled Downtown: A Street Tale was completed in 2006. The film is about the hopes, triumphs and the inevitable tragedies of a group of twenty something year olds living in an abandoned building in New York City. Dedio produced and stars in the film opposite Academy Award nominees Genevieve Bujold, John Savage, and Burt Young with direction from, Rafal Zielinski, a two time Sundance winner.