Joe Brewster

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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Joe Brewster

Biography

Joe Brewster is an American psychiatrist and filmmaker who directs and produces fiction films, documentaries and new media focused on the experiences of communities of color. With partner Michèle Stephenson he founded Rada Studio to tell stories about communities that have been neglected by the mainstream media and contribute to the American narrative mosaic. Together, while raising a family in Brooklyn, New York, Brewster and Stephenson have directed and produced documentary and fiction films. In 2008, they directed Slaying Goliath, a documentary that follows 10 days in the life of their son's fifth grade basketball team from Harlem, New Yo...

Acting

2013

2023

Subject

as Self

Production

1995

The Keeper

as Writer

1995

The Keeper

as Director

2013

American Promise

as Director

2021

2003

The Killing Zone

as Co-Producer

2003

The Killing Zone

as Director

2003

2021

Elena

as Producer

2008

Slaying Goliath

as Director

2019

Drawn to the Mat

as Director

2008

Slaying Goliath

as Producer

2016

A Mother's Dream

as Producer

2019

Drawn to the Mat

as Producer

2006

Faces of Change

as Producer

2018

2024

The Age of Water

as Producer

2008

2013

American Promise

as Producer

2018

2018

1995

The Keeper

as Producer

2020

Stateless

as Executive Producer

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