
Joseph Coleman is an American painter, illustrator actor and performance artist. He has been described as the ‘Walking ghost of Old America’, by his wife photographer, Whitney Ward, for his over-riding interest in the historical arcana and personae that often populate his paintings.

Scarlet Diva
MOVIE • 2000

Don Peyote
MOVIE • 2014

Billy Buys Brooklyn
TV • 2021

The Broken Giant
MOVIE • 1997

Mondo New York
MOVIE • 1988

Pranks!
MOVIE • 1988

How Dark My Love
MOVIE • 2025

Where Evil Dwells
MOVIE • 1985

Black Hearts Bleed Red
MOVIE • 1992

Llik Your Idols
MOVIE • 2007

R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
MOVIE • 1997

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
MOVIE • 2007

The Bowery
MOVIE • 1994

Serial Killer Culture
MOVIE • 2014