King's feature film, a musical entitled
How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song (2012), won the Jury Prize for "Film of the Festival" at the
Raindance Film Festival, as well as the Cox Audience Award and the Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the
Phoenix Film Festival. The film also won Best Feature, Best Trailer, Best Soundtrack and Best Director at the
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, as well as being shortlisted for an
IFP Gotham Audience Award. The film has also received positive reviews from
IndieWire,
Empire and
Twitch. The film stars
Christina Rose (who also appeared in King's previous film,
Death of the Dead (2011)), Joe Schermann, and Mark DiConzo (who appeared in King's previous film,
New York Lately (2009)). Aside from
How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song, King has directed four other feature films:
Death of the Dead (2011), ''What's Up Lovely
(2010), Dismal
(2009), and New York Lately'' (2009). The zombie action-comedy film
Death of the Dead (2011) received positive reviews from
Ain't It Cool News, as well as Sound on Sight magazine. King's other horror film,
Dismal (2009), was picked up by
Showtime,
The Movie Channel,
Time Warner OnDemand (VOD) and DVD. King's film, ''What's Up Lovely'' (2010), the first film in his self-described "Loneliness" trilogy, received positive reviews from
/Film as well as other sources. King's feature film debut, the ensemble drama
New York Lately (2009), received a positive review from The Independent Critic and was named one of Row Three's Top 10 Films of 2009. King frequently collaborates with composer
Kenneth Lampl, who has scored King's films "Dismal", "Death of the Dead". "What's Up Lovely", "How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song", and "Unnerved". ==Background==