Coen brothers were children, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a Vivitar Super 8 camera. Together, the brothers remade movies they saw on television, with their neighborhood friend Mark Zimering ("Zeimers") as the star. Their first attempt was a romp entitled "Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go". Cornel Wilde's "The Naked Prey" (1965) became their "Zeimers in Zambia", which also featured Ethan as a native with a spear. Joel Coen has said: "In regards to whether our background influences our film making ... who knows? We don't think about it ... There's no doubt that our Jewish heritage affects how
Joel Conroy "Waveriders" won the 2008 Audience Choice Award from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards inaugural George Morrison Feature Documentary Award and the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 SURFER Poll & Video Awards. Margo Harkin (Producer) and Joel Conroy (Director) were awarded Outstanding Achievement in film making for "Waveriders" at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival. Joel Conroy Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker. Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary "Eye of the Storm", which was first screened on RTÉ television in 2002 and