The Department of Motion Pictures
Josh Penn serves as the CEO and Film Producer at The Department of Motion Pictures since January 2015 and has held several influential roles in the film industry, including Board Member and Founding Member at Diversify.film and Chair at Large for the Documentary Producers Alliance. Other notable positions include Capacity Council Board Member at Brown Girls Doc Mafia and Board Member at COURT 13 ARTS. Josh Penn was the film producer for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," which won the 2012 Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Educational background includes a BA in Business and Non-Profit Management from Earlham College.
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The Department of Motion Pictures
The Department of Motion Pictures produces narrative and documentary features and series, with a focus on ambitious, cinematic, and emotionally resonant storytelling. Over the years, members of the DMP have produced Beasts of the Southern Wild, Patti Cake$, Monsters & Men, Wendy, Farewell Amor, and a season of High Maintenance, as well as non-fiction work like Western, 32 Sounds, A Thousand Thoughts, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, the documentary series “Philly D.A.” and the podcast “Operator.” The Department has premiered over a dozen films at the Sundance Film Festival in the last ten years, with work distributed by ESPN, Neon, Searchlight Pictures, and Paramount. The company’s projects have won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize as well as the Camera d’Or at Cannes, and been nominated for Oscars and Indie Spirits; in June the DMP received the Peabody Award for “Philly D.A.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedofmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedofmp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedofmp/