JoeBill Muñoz is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and the 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, was broadcast nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens, and was the winner of an Emmy for “Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary.” It has screened over 150 times in classrooms, universities, and community spaces around the world. JoeBill was named to DOC NYC’s “40 under 40” list of emerging filmmakers.
JoeBill also directed Roadtrip Nation’s The Inside Scholars, a two-part series for PBS about higher education programs inside state prisons, and short films for Independent Lens (Maletero and Evidence Lost), and NBC (Follow the Sun).
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). 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.
films & series (as director)
The Strike - feature documentary - director & producer, Hot Docs 2024
The Inside Scholars – docuseries – director, PBS, 2026
Evidence Lost - short social docuseries - Independent Lens, 2024
Maletero - short documentary - Independent Lens, 2023
Follow the Sun - short documentary, NBC Digital, 2019
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
recognitions
2026 Emmy for Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary
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
contact
joebillmunoz at gmail.com
gear
Sony FS7 w/ tripod, various lenses, and audio kit // rent here on ShareGrid