Biagio Messina is an American television producer, director,
showrunner, filmmaker, and actor. His hometown is Cleveland, Ohio. He
played the role of Marc Cram on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel.
His filmmaking credits include the feature-length, theatrically
released documentary Dying to do Letterman, which was invited by the
International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award
consideration. Messina's television producing credits include the VH1
reality TV series Scream Queens, the MTV documentary series Caged, The
CW reality show Beauty and the Geek, and the MTV True Life Presents
documentary Secrets, Lies, and Sex. Messina has produced and
contributed to over one-hundred hours of TV and film.He is married to
Joke Fincioen, his wife and business partner. Together they own and
run the TV and film production company Joke Productions. The married
team collaborates on their film and TV productions. They also podcast
and blog about the entertainment industry. They are known
professionally and often credited as Joke and Biagio.Messina graduated
from Parma Senior High School, which is located near Cleveland, Ohio.
While still in high school, he wrote the play Me and Grandma. It won
the Marilyn Bianci Young Playwrights Festival and was produced at
Dobama Theater.He later made a feature film based on the play. The
film was funded with money he won on a gameshow called Majority Rules.
Messina wrote, directed, and acted in the screen-adaptation of the
play, which was produced in conjunction with future wife Fincioen.
While that film did not achieve major distribution, the work helped
him land the role of Marc Cram on Kenan & Kel.
showrunner, filmmaker, and actor. His hometown is Cleveland, Ohio. He
played the role of Marc Cram on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel.
His filmmaking credits include the feature-length, theatrically
released documentary Dying to do Letterman, which was invited by the
International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award
consideration. Messina's television producing credits include the VH1
reality TV series Scream Queens, the MTV documentary series Caged, The
CW reality show Beauty and the Geek, and the MTV True Life Presents
documentary Secrets, Lies, and Sex. Messina has produced and
contributed to over one-hundred hours of TV and film.He is married to
Joke Fincioen, his wife and business partner. Together they own and
run the TV and film production company Joke Productions. The married
team collaborates on their film and TV productions. They also podcast
and blog about the entertainment industry. They are known
professionally and often credited as Joke and Biagio.Messina graduated
from Parma Senior High School, which is located near Cleveland, Ohio.
While still in high school, he wrote the play Me and Grandma. It won
the Marilyn Bianci Young Playwrights Festival and was produced at
Dobama Theater.He later made a feature film based on the play. The
film was funded with money he won on a gameshow called Majority Rules.
Messina wrote, directed, and acted in the screen-adaptation of the
play, which was produced in conjunction with future wife Fincioen.
While that film did not achieve major distribution, the work helped
him land the role of Marc Cram on Kenan & Kel.
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