Spatial Storyteller
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Bio
Josh Nelson Youssef, an interdisciplinary artist with CAA, founded/headed the Immersive and Interactive Department at JuVee Productions where he produced and directed several projects in Unity and Unreal Engine. He spearheaded in-engine previsualization for numerous projects in-house while at JuVee. In 2020, Youssef produced and was a key creative contributor for The March with Time Magazine, a digital recreation of the March on Washington. He directed Kelly Marie Tran in Miscast 2021, showcasing his diverse talents and complex VFX chops. Recently, he co-created, directed, wrote, and produced Verizon 5G-partnered AR rock operetta, Iago: The Green Eyed Monster, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and won the 2023 Webby for Best XR DEI experience.
Producer 🎬 Writer ✍🏽 Director 📣 Musician 🎸
Education & Training
The Last Acting Studio (2022) – with Sean Patrick McGowan
Focused training in Studio Technique & Scene Study.
Berg Studios (2019) – with Gregory Berg
Advanced acting technique and scene work for film and television.
Biola University (2015) – BFA in Cinema & Media Arts
Emphasis on directing, performance, and storytelling for screen and immersive media.
The Groundlings Theater & School (2014) – Improv Basics
Studied with Guy Stevenson. Foundation in improvisational performance and comedic timing.
Bodenseehof Fackelträger (2011) – International Humanities & Theology Institute
Immersive program in cross-cultural studies and theological foundations.
University of Washington (2005) – Computer Science & Engineering.
Awards & Achievements
Iago: The Green Eyed Monster
2023 Webby Award Winner
Official Selection - Iago: The Green Eyed Monster
Tribeca Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Operation Othello
Cannes Film Festival 2019
Official Selection - Operation Othello
Raindance 2019
Most Outstanding Cinema & Media Arts Student
Biola University 2015
Best Picture - Happy Birthday, Dad
On The Edge Film Festival 2015
“I AM NOT WHAT I AM”
Step into a dystopian AR rock operetta inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello. The piece features the origin story of the classic Shakespearean villain, Iago, reimagined as a woman.
The project explores themes of jealousy, microaggressions, and the effects of toxic masculinity from a feminist lens.
Director 📣 Original Song 🎸 Producer 🎬
STEP INTO HISTORY
The March is a groundbreaking immersive exhibit that recreates one of the most iconic moments in American history, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The March exhibit premiered at the DuSable Museum featuring several levels of immersion, including spatial audio and a genre-pushing ten minute virtual reality experience, to present the most realistic digital rendering of a human ever created.
Producer 🎬
MISCAST 2021
Kelly Marie Tran plays Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in a live action adaptation of “You And Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon for Miscast 2021, MCC Theater’s annual gala one-night-only musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast.
Director 📣 Adapted ✍🏽 Producer 🎬 Editor ✂️ VFX ✨
LOGLINE
2019 Cannes XR Official Selection and collaboration with Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Beth Grant, Mary Chieffo, and Oculus.
Operation Othello., is an action-packed retelling of Shakespeare’s Othello following events of scandal, intrigue and betrayal in the world of an elite naval special force’s unit sometime in the near future.
Producer 🎬 Original Song 🎸
