Biography

Joy brings over a decade of experience as an associate editor (How To Dance in Ohio, Ernie & Joe News & Documentary Emmy® for Outstanding Editing 2020) and animator (32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide), and is a Karen Schmeer Editing Fellow. They have been on the editing team of a number of Audience Award winners at Sundance, including Buck (2011) and This is Home (2018). Joy's Work has been broadcast on PBS, HBO, and played at festivals worldwide. They are drawn to character-driven documentaries humanizing experiences of people that might otherwise be "othered," and that champion the outsider in order to create empathy from the wider world. Joy's directorial debut, Little Miss Westie (Best Documentary, Outshine Miami 2019, Special Jury Award, BendFilm 2019), premiered on PBS in 2020.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joy E. Reed