Joseph "Jay" Curtis (April 5, 1950 – January 25, 2018) was an American author, producer, writer, director and actor.
He won a Writers Guild of America award for "Outstanding script TV on-air promotion" in 2004[1] He is also known for being the creator, producer and star of the cult XETV program Disasterpiece Theatre, co-directing 75-0: The Documentary, and writing two books of poetry for Lexingford Publishing chronicling his battle with ALS.
In 1980, Curtis and Bruce Mueller created the cult-XETV show Disasterpiece Theatre where they presented the worst movies ever made (long before Mystery Science Theater 3000).
In the 1990s, Curtis branded himself "The Creative Lifeguard"[5] and became the On-air Brand-manager for CBS, producing and writing IDs, promos and marketing pieces that won over 40 PromaxBDA Awards.
"[6] He also produced music videos for his son JT Curtis, including "Bootleg Gasoline" and "Home (Last Stand)" which were both featured on Reverbnation.