Joseph Palau’s herniated disc may have waylaid his high school basketball career, but it led to a career in filmmaking.
The Chester native found himself unable to walk at the age of 16. For three or four months he couldn’t do much else except watch television shows and movies. He found himself becoming increasingly interested in the lighting in films, and decided to find out more about the subject. He began looking up everything that he could find online about lighting and made himself an expert.
After high school he attended Full Sail University, a film school in Florida, and then moved on to the New York Film Academy in Manhattan. He said it isn’t difficult to get into either school if you know what you want to do and are serious about pursuing a career…full story
