Joedan Okun
Executive Producer Producer @Netflix
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Producer Producer @Netflix
Joedan was most recently a producer of AMERICAN SYMPHONY, a feature documentary about Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad that premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival where it was acquired by Netflix and Barack and Michelle Obama\'s Higher Ground Productions. Before that, he was an Executive Producer of the Academy Award shortlisted and 3x Emmy Award-winning RETROGRADE, a documentary for National Geographic Films that premiered at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival. Joedan was previously an Executive Producer of the IDA award winning, Academy Award shortlisted and 3x Emmy award winning THE FIRST WAVE, a feature documentary on COVID-19 that was released by NEON and National Geographic Films in Fall 2021. Before that, served as a Producer of THE BOY FROM MEDELLIN, a feature documentary on Reggaeton superstar J Balvin that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released by Amazon Studios. Earlier that year, he Executive Produced the second season of THE TRADE, a 4 part docu-series on human smuggling that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won 2 Emmys. Joedan was also a Producer on the Emmy award winning HBO documentary TIGER, an Executive Producer on A PRIVATE WAR starring Rosamund Pike as legendary war reporter Marie Colvin, as well as a Supervising Producer on the first season of THE TRADE which was honored by the International Documentary Association as the Best Episodic Series of 2018. He also recently produced CITY OF GHOSTS, a feature documentary that premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and is currently being distributed worldwide by Amazon Studios.
EDUCATION
Wesleyan University
BA w/ Honors, American Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT JOEDAN OKUN
Joedan Okun is an Emmy, Grammy and PGA award-winning Producer. He most recently produced…
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