Joshua "von" Brown

film/tv/digital

Joshua Brown is a film/TV maker and television executive who serves as Vice President of Current Production for NBCUniversal Unscripted. Joshua oversees for Bravo/Peacock: The Real Housewives of Potomac, Below Deck Mediterranean‍, ‍Summer House, Southern Charm, Next Gen NYC, In the City and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Past series include Winter House, Below Deck Down Under and Ladies of London. Joshua also oversees numerous documentaries and documentary series for Peacock.

He has directed, produced and edited projects featured at film festivals worldwide and broadcast on HBO, Bravo, MTV, Sundance Channel, Adult Swim, truTV, A&E and PBS. 

Joshua produced and directed-- with John Mikulak-- and edited the feature documentary "The Man Who Would Be Polka King," partially funded by truTV and distributed by Gunpowder & Sky. The documentary was adapted into a feature film entitled The Polka King starring Jack Black, Jenny Slate and Jason Schwartzmann. Joshua served as co-executive producer of the scripted feature, and the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix for worldwide distribution. Joshua's and John’s documentary was re-released by Netflix to accompany the scripted feature.

Under the name Joshua von Brown, he directed the underground rocksploitation feature film “Altamont Now,” which premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival and is distributed by Factory 25. Altamont Now won Best Narrative Feature from both the Arizona Underground and Denver Underground Film Festivals, as well as Best Director at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.

His first documentary "50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can’t Be Wrong" profiled the legendary cult TV talk show host Joe Franklin, and aired on PBS stations nationwide.