Joseph Sackett is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed, and produced projects that have screened in competition at the Festival de Cannes, Slamdance, and the Rooftop Films Summer Series among others. After receiving his MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film, he was named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His first feature, "Homebody", which won the Emerging Talent Award at Outfest LA, is available to stream on Peacock and Fandor. In 2022, he was a fellow at the Outfest Screenwriting Lab and a Martha MOCA resident through The Cabins Collaborative. He is currently in development on his second feature, “Cross Pollination”, which was invited to the NYU Tisch Purple List and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2023.