Joseph Strickland

Joseph Strickland, born on November 9, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and author. A Writer's Guild of America West Coast member, Strickland got his start in music videos featuring well-known blues and jazz artists, industrial videos, and television programs for cable TV, as well as live productions.

Enrolled in Columbia College of Chicago - with a strong interest in art and writing - during the 1980s, Strickland was drawn to working on various student film projects with any number of his fellow alumni, including Tim O'Neill, with whom Strickland co-produced and co-directed a short feature titled Daily Mass in 1989. The film would later receive a spotlight in the 24th Chicago International Film Festival, respectively.

After writing an original screenplay titled The Epidemic in 1985, Strickland began working on another script in 1992 after having watched the Jeffrey Dahmer trial on television. He would eventually title his new treatment Dual Mania, which would be a psychological thriller centered around an African American psychiatrist who takes on a White male patient deeply disturbed by childhood issues.