David Joshua Gaestel

Filmmaker, Editor, Screenwriter and Videographer

Milton, Delaware

Member Since:
February 2023

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About David

Joshua Gaestel is an Emmy nominated filmmaker / video producer who has written and directed multiple award winning short films. He has also created, produced, and directed docuseries for Connecticut Public Television. He works at a historic theatre in a tiny town no one has heard of. He makes art with a dark sense of humor, and a sense of reverence for the natural world.

Unique traits: Outsider perspective. Dark sense of humor. Wild-eyed spirituality.

Gender:
Male

Badges

2024-11-05

Writers' Room Member

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Photos

On set with awesome DP, friend, and collaborator Dave Wurtzel.

Making something odd that took a lot of time, and that no one requested, because we can. Feeling like a 11 year old kid getting away with something hilarious!

Videos

Joshua Gaestel's Filmmaker / Video Producer Reel

Loglines

Funeral Singers Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery ⋄ Drama A rebellious teenage girl commits playful acts of vandalism, attracting the attention of an infamous local recluse. Together they attempt to free the girl's dying father from a hospital ward.

Awards

Offical Selection - Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
(2023)
Official Selection - Phoenixville Film Festival
(2023)
Best Picture - London Movie Awards
(2022)
Official Selection - New York Lift-Off Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - Easthampton Film Festival
(2022)
Offical Selection - Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival
(2022)
2nd Place - Shot in the Dark Mysteries Film competition
(2021)