Joe O'Connell

Joe O'Connell's film Rondo and Bob examines the life of Texas Chain Saw Massacre art director Robert Burns and Burns' obsession with the actor Rondo Hatton. It ran the film festival circuit from late 2020 through 2021 and won multiple awards. It was released streaming in 2022. His debut feature is Danger God, which details the life and career of B-movie star and stuntman Gary Kent. O'Connell is a former film industry columnist for The Austin Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman. In 2022, he completed the Lighthouse Writers Workshop's Book Project where he worked on The Contortionists, a book about the Ross Sister of West Texas. O'Connell lives on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.