Josh Dinner

Josh Dinner’s professional career began in 2004 at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum—a historic outdoor ampitheatre in Topanga Canyon known for hiring blacklisted actors during the Red Scare. For the radio play Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, Josh was promoted from intern to Assistant Director. Months later in the hills of Hollywood, film director Randal Kleiser (Grease, Blue Lagoon) hired Josh to aid in special event videography, extensive workspace organization, and experiments with new digital technology. Josh will always remember going through old file folders and discovering a handwritten letter given to Mr. Kleiser’s by his USC roommate, George Lucas. In 2005, Josh documented the National Critics Conference, a historic gathering of American art critics associations, with future plans to produce a film that incorporates the footage of Norman Lear’s keynote speech and the discussions about art in the Age of Information. In December 2005, Josh earned a B.A. from the USC School of Cinema-Television and dialed into a collection of interests including the philosophy of Michael Foucault, artwork of Alex Grey, music by The Arcade Fire, and the films of Stan Brakhage and Norman McClaren. In July 2006, Josh was hired as a Post-Production Assistant by creator Silvio Horta for the one hour ABC television show “Ugly Betty” and contributed to the 2006 Golden Globe Win for Best Comedy Series. In 2008, the writer’s strike shut down operations all across Hollywood. Work on “Ugly Betty” was postponed indefinitely. Josh waved goodbye to the show and began to craft a portfolio of future projects for Earthrise Pictures. For the Los Angeles division Josh is developing “Tracer’s Tables” a vibrant new television format that remixes the joys of cooking by merging two environments—the DJ booth and the kitchen—into one all-inclusive set perfectly suited for conversation, cooking, and entertainment. Additionally, Earthrise Pictures, in association with FaR Out Productions, is developing a film based on the book “Alex & Me” which is a true account of Dr. Irene Pepperberg’s mission to uncover a hidden, yet vast world of animal intelligence, through her extensive research with Alex, a genius African Grey parrot.