Joey Marra
Producer at Closer Media
- Role
- Producer at Closer Media
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joey Marra
Emmy-nominated and duPont-Columbia Award-winning producer, writer, and creative executive. Producer at Closer Media overseeing non-fiction slate, including the feature documentaries MUSK directed by Alex Gibney (HBO), MIDDLETOWN directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, ORWELL directed by Raoul Peck (NEON), IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON directed by Alex Gibney (AMAZON), AN EYE FOR AN EYE directed by Tanaz Eshaghian, and forthcoming documentary series MIND VS. MACHINE directed by Steve James. Before joining Closer Media, I served as Vice President of Development and Executive Producer of Special Projects at Jigsaw Productions, where I led the company’s nonfiction development unit and was responsible for the development, sale, and production of a diverse slate of documentary series and films, including- DIRTY MONEY (Netflix)- THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY (HBO)- HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND (Netflix) Emmy-nominated - OCTOPUS!(Amazon), narrated and produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge - MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH (HBO)- TIGER (HBO) directed by Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek - CITY OF GHOSTS directed by Matthew Heineman - CRAZY, NOT INSANE directed by Alex Gibney (HBO, Venice, SXSW)- THE LINE (APPLE TV+) 2x Emmy-nominated - THE FAMILY (Netflix)- UNVEILED: SURVIVING LA LUZ DEL MUNDO (HBO) Emmy-nominated - ENEMIES: THE PRESIDENT, JUSTICE, & THE FBI (Showtime)- KINGDOM OF SILENCE (Showtime) Emmy-winning - HOW TO FIX A DRUG SCANDAL (Netflix)- PARCHED: WATER & POWER (Natgeo) Emmy-Nominated - HIP-HOP: SONGS THAT SHOOK (AMC)- ENHANCED (ESPN+) While at Jigsaw, I also launched the company\'s audio division, building a slate of podcasts that included: the duPond-Columbia Award-winning podcast THE LINE hosted by Dan Taberski, Apple\'s first original narrative non-fiction podcast; MELTDOWN on Audible; LIES WE TELL hosted by Alex Gibney and Ellen Horne on Luminary; and the 10-part audio documentary THINK TWICE: MICHAEL JACKSON on Audible hosted by Leon Neyfakh. Prior to Jigsaw, I was a freelance producer and writer on documentary series such as NatGeo\'s Emmy-nominated series BRAIN GAMES and AMC’s MAKING OF THE MOB. I started my career in film & television at National Geographic Channel where I worked on a wide range of projects that included COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY and JAMES CAMERON: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH.
Experience
Producer
Aug 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
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