JoeBill Muñoz is a documentary filmmaker and director and producer of The Strike, a feature documentary about the California prisoner-led protests against solitary confinement. The Strike premiered at Hot Docs in 2024, where it won the student choice award, and was broadcast nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens. It has screened over 100 times in classrooms, universities, and community spaces across North America. JoeBill was named to DOC NYC’s “40 under 40” list of emerging filmmakers. 

 

As a producer of feature films and TV series at Left/Right and Reveal, his work includes The Grab (Hulu), The Circus (Showtime), The New York Times Presents (Hulu) and Celtics City (HBO). In 2025, The Grab was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Research. 

JoeBill has also directed short films for Independent Lens (Maletero and Evidence Lost), and NBC (Follow the Sun). His work has been supported through fellowships from the Sundance Institute, New America, Firelight Media, SFFILM, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and others. Originally from Texas, he resides in New York City.

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films (as director)

The Strike - feature documentary - director & producer, Hot Docs 2024
Evidence Lost - short social docuseries - Independent Lens, 2024
Maletero - short documentary - Independent Lens, 2023 
Follow the Sun - short documentary, NBC Digital, 2019

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tv & film (as producer)
The Grab - feature documentary, TIFF 2022
The Circus - TV docuseries - Showtime, 2023
The New York Times Presents - TV documentary - Hulu, 2022
Verbatim - fiction/documentary hybrid 
Kids Caught in the Crackdown - TV documentary, PBS’ Frontline, 2019

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recognitions

2024 Dart Center at Columbia University Documentary Fellow
2023-2024 New America Fellow
2023 Wyncote Foundation Fellow
2021-2023 Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow
2022 Sundance Creative Producers Lab Fellow
2021 SFFILM FilmHouse artist-in-residence
2020-2021 Sundance Ignite Fellow

2019 Overseas Press Club Foundation Fellowship

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contact

joebillmunoz at gmail.com

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gear 

Sony FS7 w/ tripod, various lenses, and audio kit // rent here on ShareGrid