Joshua Tate(I)

Joshua Tate is a writer, director, producer, and entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles. A Film Independent directing and screenwriting fellow, Josh received an MFA in film production from USC, where he won a Student Emmy for his producing work. Josh's directorial work has screened in competition at SXSW, Palm Springs ShortFest, and the Cleveland, New Orleans, and St. Louis International Film Festivals. Love Land, Josh's directorial debut (now streaming on Amazon), won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at the 2014 New Orleans Film Festival, and received finishing funds from the San Francisco Film Society. His short film Guest Room premiered at SXSW, streamed on Hulu as an NBCU Short Film Festival finalist, won the audience award at Dances With Films, was a Staff Pick on Vimeo (with over 146,000 views), was featured in the Huffington Post, and has been used for instruction in law school and undergraduate courses at UCLA.

Josh also has experience in independent film production. He was the production manager on Sleight (Sundance 2016) and Farah Goes Bang (Tribeca 2013), a production coordinator on Flower (Tribeca 2017), and a producer on Catching Up (New Orleans, Atlanta 2019) and Love Land (New Orleans 2014, Cleveland 2014, St. Louis 2015). While at USC, Josh produced multiple thesis films and served as John Watson's (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft) student assistant in producing instruction. He has studied producing under Watson, John Pierson, and veteran executive Zola Mashariki, and was a doe-eyed production development intern for Paramount Vantage in 2008 (during a thrilling Oscar season for three of his favorites: There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, and Into the Wild).