CV

Joe Peeler CV

DIRECTOR

Bad Press (2023) - Feature Documentary // Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression

Rina SaRina Wild Ballerina - Feature Documentary // Post-Production

OpenTable – "Open Table" (2018) - Branded Content PSA // blink.la

"Made of Strings" by Greg Felden (2018) - Music Video

GOOSES (2015) - Fiction Short // Vimeo Staff Pick

Mule Days (2013) - Mid-Length Documentary


EDITOR

Officer Stanley (2024) - Fiction Short // Editor // dir. Scottie Cameron // Tribeca Film Festival Premiere

Bad Press (2023) - Feature Documentary // Co-Editor // Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression

Shadow Brother Sunday (2023) - Fiction Short // dir. Alden Ehrenreich // exec. producer Francis Ford Coppola // Tribeca Film Festival Premiere

Racist Trees (2023) - Feature Documentary // Additional Editing // dir. Sara Newens & Mina Son // 2023

Field Notes: The Long Shot (2022) - Branded Short // dir. Taylor Rees & Renan Ozturk

Moonwalk: A Sony Alpha Film (2020) - Branded Short // dir. Taylor Rees

Underplayed (2020) - Consulting Editor // Feature Documentary // dir. Stacey Lee

Stefan Janoski: For Daily Use (2019) - Branded Documentary // dir. Scott Dadich // Nike, Godfrey Dadich

The Team That Wouldn’t Be Here (2019) - Ad Campaign // dir. Peter Berg // NFL, Verizon, McCann Agency

Superbowl Greatest Commercials (2019) - TV Show // CBS

Ashes to Ashes (2019) - Documentary Short // dir. Taylor Rees, Renan Ozturk

Flint Town (2018) - Documentary Series // Episodes 1 & 5 // dir. Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper, Jessica Dimmock // Netflix & Anyonymous Content

Giant Sloth (2018) - Animated Pilot // dir. Paul Hornschemeier

The Los Angeles River (2018) - Documentary Short // dir. Margaret Brown

Is This It (2017) - Fiction Short // dir. Alden Ehrenreich

All We Need is Another Chance (2017) - Feature Documentary // dir. Corbett Jones

Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall (2017) // Feature Documentary // dir. Katherine Fairfax Wright // Awesomeness

The Art Of Making Money (2017) - Documentary Series // dir. Nathan Truesdell // Field of Vision

The Black Belt (2016) - Documentary Short // dir. Margaret Brown // SXSW Premiere

Second to None (2016) - Documentary Short // dir. Genéa Gaudet // ESPN

GOOSES (2015) - Fiction Short // Vimeo Staff Pick

Levi's Commuter (2015) - Commercial Series // dir. Anthony Mathile

FX's Fargo (2015) - Commercial Series // dir. Corbett Jones

The Beauty of Certainty (2015) - Documentary Series // dir. Brick Blair

Live Fast Draw Yung (2015) - Documentary Short // dir. Stacey Lee, Anthony Mathile

The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014) - Documentary Short // dir. Lucy Walker // HBO // Academy Awards Shortlist

The Crash Reel (2013) - Assistant Editor // Feature Documentary // dir. Lucy Walker // HBO // Academy Awards Shortlist

The Contenders (2012) - Animated Documentary Short // dir. Lucy Walker // GE Focus Forward


PRODUCER

Bad Press (2023) - Feature Documentary // Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression

Giant Sloth (2018) - Animated Pilot // dir. Paul Hornschemeier // 2018

Motor Away (2013) - Fiction Short // dir. Shawn Sullivan

The Contenders (2012) - Animated Documentary Short // dir. Lucy Walker


ACCOLADES

Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression (2023)

DOC NYC 40 Under 40 (2023)

Chicken & Egg Project: Hatched Grantee (2023)

Perspective Fund Grantee (2023)

NBCU Original Voices Fellow (2022)

The Gotham Documentary Completion Lab Fellow (2022)

Sundance Institute Documentary Films Program Grantee (2021)

Ford Foundation JustFilms Grantee (2021, 2023)

FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta) Artist in Residence (2018)

Points North Editing Residency Fellow (2016)

Academy Awards Shortlist (2015) - The Lion’s Mouth Opens (edited by Joe Peeler)

Vimeo Staff Pick (2015) - GOOSES (co-directed and edited by Joe Peeler)


WRITER

Buff as Fuck (2018) - Fiction Short // Bright Ideas Magazine // January 2018

Gem City (2015) - Fiction Feature // Sundance Screenwriters Lab Finalist

JOURNALISM

Hammer to Nail - Freelance Writer // 2016

Filmmaker Magazine - Freelance Writer // 2016

Paste Magazine - Freelance Writer // 2014

MISC.

Assistant to Peter Bogdanovich (2010-2012)


EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles (2008) - American Literature Major, Film History Minor