ABOUT
Josh Shelton is an Emmy nominated producer and multi-hyphenate filmmaker who leads the content team for the Sundance Institute & Sundance Film Festival.
Shelton has directed, produced and written series for Participant Media, Netflix, MTV, ESPN, and DirecTV as well as a comedy special produced with Jerry Seinfeld at The Geffen Playhouse. He was nominated for a Sports Emmy as a producer on Netflix’s docu-series We Are The Champions (narrated by Rainn Wilson). He directed two series for Participant Media, Show Your Shelf (hosted by Joel Stein featuring Rachel Bloom, Lois Lowry, Samantha Irby and other authors) and What They Really Think (surprise letters to loved ones during quarantine). As an independent producer, Shelton’s features and shorts have been official selections in SXSW, Cannes, and other film festivals internationally.
As a writer/director/songwriter he is focussed on telling original musical stories for film and audio. Hs musical short film, TEMPO RUBATO, is being developed as a feature film to be shot in 2025, his pilot for NIGHT OF THE LIVING MUSICAL (audio series) is being submitted to festivals, and his one-man sci-fi short GLITCH continues to resonate with the struggles of many confronting the challenges of layoffs/extended job searches.
Previously, Shelton was hired to write the script, music and lyrics for "West Coast Story," an uplifting hip-hop musical film. Shelton's digital series, Exploration Station, features over 20 of his original songs. He also wrote and performed the theme song to "Show Your Shelf."
For over a decade, Shelton has been at the forefront of the digital landscape as a Telly Award and YouTube Award Winning writer/producer/director creating content that has garnered over 50 million views. He served as the interim Head of Production for Participant Media’s digital division, SoulPancake, with whom he has extensive experience producing/showrunning branded campaigns since 2015. In this role, he worked directly with the entire leadership team to ideate, pitch and produce top tier content (both scripted and unscripted) across multiple platforms. Major clients he worked with directly include: Allstate, Sprint, Dennys, Lowes, Hersheys, ConAgra, and more.
Josh Shelton’s productions prioritize hiring gender balanced creatives/crews with diversity in all positions while maintaining a safe, professional, fun and respectful work environment for everyone involved.
Shelton is always writing a new musical and drawing a new maze, so feel free to ask him about either.
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