Josh Penn

Josh Penn is a film producer. His film Beasts of the Southern Wild earned a nomination for the prestigious Oscar award for the category of Best Picture, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Films Arts and Science. He achieved this feat in the year 2013. His hometown is Brooklyn, in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... (NY). Josh has studied at Earlham Educational Institute and credited his skills to the Establishment.

He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business and Non-profit Management. He cleared school in the year 2006. The movie is about a strange underground land. Beasts of the Southern Wild also won quite a lot of major awards including at Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival in the year the movie released.

The year was 2012. Josh now lives in New Orleans, which formed the base of his inspiration in the movie. This venture was a risk that paid off. Josh feels that everything fell into place beautifully to make this attempt a reality. Penn is known to be quirky and does not follow the usual conventional ways of making a film. His company “Court 13” is an organization of like-minded and raw talented people. Most of the members are the ones who went to the same school as Penn.

They began working together with Glory at Sea, which was a short film. The flick became a testament that the group of people that was working together was incredibly compatible. It gave them the confidence that they could take on larger projects. Being very creative, Penn oversaw the development of the feature film right from the inception. He managed the finances, kept a tab on the logistics, and maintained the creative streak. He made sure that their vision should also be practically feasible.

Since the movie belonged to the fantasy category, it had a great scope in pushing the budget to the max. It was Penn's thrift and wisdom with money that it managed to strike the perfect balance between being financially reasonable and yet appealing to the imagination. Josh gave new faces a chance in the film, and instead of seeking a star-studded cast, he settled on non-professionals without a massive amount of experience.

This eccentric selection of talent had been so to tap their raw appeal. He feels that his alma mater made it possible for him to get this experimental with his art. Also, since his co-workers were his friends, the management of friendship and professional relations was easier. He has also produced a documentary by the name of Roots and Webs, which is in the post-production phase.