Blackballed

Read about my work with Michael Jacobs on the Quibi show Blackballed in American Cinematographer.

Also talked about creation of the show on The Wandering DP podcast. Get ready to hear me destroy the english language in a 100 different ways.

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Bikini Moon

Got to work with Macedonia’s most celebrated director Milcho Manchevski on his newest film Bikini Moon. How often do you get to reference Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) and Maysles’s Gimme Shelter (1970) in one movie?

Check out a mention in British Cinematographer.

And interview in Adventures in Design Podcast.

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Independent Spirit Awards

Heading out to LA this week for the Independent Spirit Awards where Menashe is nominated for Best First Feature. My goal is to get a selfie with Kumail Nanjiani. I just think he is swell. Above is a photo of Menashe holding a special jury prize from the Deauville American Film Festival. I wanted to let him display it in his apartment for a few months, but instead he just wanted to point at it.

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NOMINATED FOR A CANNES LION

Congrats to Brickhouse Projects and Aeras! TB Unmasked was nominated for a Cannes Lion. It is a heart wrenching film about a family who lost their daughter to XR-TB. Tuberculosis is a worldwide epidemic that kills more than 1.5 million people each year.

A busy urban street scene in Chinatown, New York City, with people walking, storefronts with signs in Chinese and English, a parked white car, and city buildings in the background.

Drivers Wanted on America Reframed

Encore Labor Day presentation on PBS World Channel’s American ReFramed.

09/02 8PM, 09/03 12 AM 8AM 2PM, 09/06 10PM, 09/07 3 AM 9AM 5PM

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A smiling man leaning upside down while riding a subway, with other passengers seated behind him.

NY Times Op-Docs: Subway Ballet

Just made this film for The New York Times that has been causing quite a stir.

Comments on the site include:

“SHAME ON THE NY TIMES FOR PUBLISHING THIS!”

“You weren’t flying, Joshua. They kicked you in the head.”

“I firmly disagree with Mr. Weinstein; this isn’t public theater (as he so fondly labels it), but anarchy.”

Take a watch and decide for yourself.

Thank you for the WAFFLE crew for making this possible, Kyle Graffam for editing, Seth Ricart for coloring, Jorge Bailon for sound design, Lindsay Mann for loaning the Red Epic, and Don Hooper for location sound. Send me an email to see the final higher rez version.

Cover of Cinematography World magazine, issue 012 November 2022, featuring a large crowd at a lively social event with people dancing and talking, with a disco ball reflecting lights overhead.

Thank you Cinematography World for interviewing me in last months issue along other up and comers like Darius Khondji and Rodger Deakins.

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The ultra-Orthodox star of Menashe understands A24  movies better than they do.