Biography

Joe Bender is an award-winning producer and Director of Photography whose work spans all aspects of creative documentary. He most recently produced the animated feature documentary The Conspiracy. As DP, his recent work includes The Conspiracy (DOC NYC 2022), Catching the Killer Nurse (Netflix), and Persona (CNN Films). He shot and produced The Truth About Killer Robots (HBO), and filmed The Candidates, which premiered at DOC NYC. He produced the Sundance award-winning Our New President (2018) and was named among DOC NYC's 40 under 40 (2018). Other recent work as Director of Photography appears in documentary films and series for Netflix, HBO, National Geographic, and PBS, among others. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joe Bender