DIRECTOR / PRODUCER + COACH

JOYCE MISHAAN

director / PRODUCER + COACH

I’m a Director, Producer and Showrunner with a natural ability to always keep the big picture in mind while being thorough about the details. I’m industrious, creative, and an enthusiastic collaborator. I work well under pressure and enjoy a challenge. With a creative background in writing, theater and photography, I have an instinct for visual storytelling regardless of the medium.

I’m also a coach, and I draw from 15+ years as a leader in the TV and Film industry to help my clients take the leap into work that truly ignites them. That may be your next big film project, podcast or creative idea, or it may be taking a leap in your career into a role that’s bigger and better than anything you’ve done before.

My feature film, Lee Fields: Faithful Man, which I directed and produced with Jessamyn Ansary, recently screened at film festivals across the globe, including our New York Premiere at DOC NYC and our World Premiere at Charlotte Film Festival, where we won the audience award for Best Documentary Feature.

Recently I was also an Executive Producer and Showrunner on Ciao House for Food Network, and a Documentary Producer for MAKERS, a media brand that accelerates the women's movement through stories of real life experiences that ignite passion and action.

I have 15+ years of experience creating unscripted content for major TV networks, including TLC, Discovery+, National Geographic, HBO, IFC, Food Network, Animal Planet, A&E, OWN, Fusion and HGTV. I was one of the Executive Producers on TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé franchise, including multiple seasons of 90 Day Fiancé: the Couples Tell All, 90 Day Fiancé: What Now and 90 Day Diaries. I spent many years as a Producer for Food Network's hit show Chopped and was part of the producing team for the 2014 Emmy-nominated feature doc Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare.

In 2017 I produced three short documentary films covering global climate challenges for former Vice President Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality broadcast. I am also the producer and Co-EP of Brooklynification, a scripted digital comedy series about gentrification in Brooklyn, created by writer Christopher Poindexter and director Keith Miller, commissioned by BRIC TV and distributed by Amazon Prime.

I’m currently Producing a narrative feature with director Keith Miller, in post-production, expected to premiere in 2024.