My name is Joseph Thomas, also known as
Joe Many Liberals. I am an artist and filmmaker with a BFA degree in Film and Media Arts with a minor in Animation from the University of Tampa, Florida. I create and release content on my YouTube channels Joe Many Liberals,
‍This Actually Happened IRL, as well as my media production and community-based distribution brand, Feel Like 100.
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Because I have a fairly common name, I decided it would be better to publish work with a stage name or username that people would be able to search for, remember, and relate to. Initially I went with "Nine Novembers" in 2019, but changed it over time to "Radio Starkiller" and then "Joe Many Liberals;" with the term coming from a popular copypasta meme originating from a poorly worded Instagram comment (circa 2020). I felt the name fit me and would be recognizable among my contemporaries and online audiences.
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In the summer of 2019, before going to PrattMWP to major in Photography, I created my first original short film "Special Delivery," loosely inspired by the work of online creator ponysmasher AKA David F. Sandberg;
director of "Lights Out," "Anabelle: Creation,"
and "SHAZAM!"

While studying at PrattMWP, I became a freelance video editor for Joseph Klenk editing Roblox letsplay on their now-defunct YouTube channel between August 2019 - March 2020.

In July of 2020, before starting as a transfer student at the University of Tampa, I was hired as a freelance video editor by Anxotic, LLC under the management of Leland Reineke creating content out of their previous Twitch livestreams.

As a film student I created seven original short films, including "Locked Out" (2021),  "Four Years At Kissinger's" (2023), and "Kintsugi" (2020).   

While enrolled at the University of Tampa, I briefly worked as a YouTube thumbnail designer for The Body Lab, as well as creating music cover art for the artists The Anima Effect and Enter the Animus. While taking on smaller freelance jobs, I  mainly focused on my classwork, networking, and working on other people's film's such as "The Lucky" (2023); filmed on a virtual production stage at Vū Tampa Bay.

In the summer of 2023 I edited the short film "Beachtown" by director Chase Durbin and created an official ad used by Morgan & Morgan with the intention of it being presented in a hologram booth.

In late August 2023, while in production of my final semester's independent project, I became a University of Tampa Fabrications Lab Technician to raise funds for my project and use the 3D printers in the lab to create essential props; such as original Muppet-style hand puppets and marionettes of characters like President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and General Al Haig jr. (unfinished). Meanwhile, I also worked for the marketing company Plimsoll Media, editing long and short form videos for clients to be posted on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

From May - June 2024 I worked as a freelance video editor for 777 Media focused on creating vertical social media videos for their clients.  

In May 2024, I also began creating a brand with the focus on producing and marketing short films and other content, Feel Like 100, distributing "Beachtown" and "Break My Heart, Please."

As of July 2024, I am working as an official screener for New York City's
Big Apple Film Festival.