Josh L.
New York, NY, USA
$250 - $1000
Josh Leong is a Webby Award®-winning writer, director, and producer from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His film CHICKEN world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the NFFTY Jury Award, and was shortlisted for a Cannes Young Director Award. Josh was also a spotlight director with NBCUniversal’s Scene in Color Film Series (presented by Target), receiving a blind script deal by Universal Television and acclaimed film producer, Will Packer.
Having screened at nine Academy Award®-qualifying festivals and been awarded by President Obama, Josh also directed the Webby Award®-winning short, THE OTHER SIDE in Ethiopia, streaming on Peacock. The film was featured on The TODAY Show and stars Ethan Herisse from Ava DuVernay’s Emmy®-winning Netflix series, WHEN THEY SEE US.
LOST BOYS, his upcoming feature debut, was a semifinalist at the Sundance Creative Producing Lab and Development Track. He was also an Academy Nicholl Fellowship and DGA Commercial Directors Diversity Program semifinalist. His latest film, SORRY YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS, was featured on NOWNESS Asia.
He actively consults in development and designs treatments for commercials, film, and television at Sony Pictures, Apple TV+, Paramount, and more. Currently, Josh serves on the Scout Film Festival Filmmaker Advisory Board and holds membership in the Gold House Futures Network and International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
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