Media Activist, Filmmaker, Television Producer, Media/Brand Strategist (New York)

Josh Shore is a filmmaker, television creator/producer, media/brand strategist and catalyst of socially transformative enterprises.

After graduating with honors from University of Pennsylvania where he produced and directed his first film, Josh got a first look deal with Viacom in NY, and began creating and producing original television shows for MTV, Showtime, USA Network and MuchMusic/Fuse.

In January of 2000, he met music icon / activist Peter Gabriel, and with his help, founded the online alternative news network GNN (Guerrilla News Network). Designed to serve as an antidote to the corporatization of the mainstream news, GNN grew to become a leading online destination for alternative news sharing and youth activism. With over 1MM unique visitors/month, GNN fostered a committed global community through a user-generated news platform and social network, and the production of Sundance awardwinning documentary films and music-driven ‘NewsVideos’ – mini docs that make human rights issues and censored news stories accessible to a global youth audience. Guerrilla NewsVideos leveraged the popularity and social conscience of artists like Beastie Boys, Eminem, 50 Cent, Nine Inch Nails, and others, while featuring thought leaders like Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Fritjof Capra and many others. GNN also produced various feature length documentary films - the last of which (AMERICAN BLACKOUT) won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Josh has worked with Harvard professor / leading architect Rem Koolhaas and eco-effectivity pioneer William McDonough, and with Eric Greenberg (founder of Scient and Viant) and Karl Weber (NY Times best-selling author of Muhammad Yunus’ biography) to head up an online political activation campaign called Generation We, designed to unite and activate the 95MM Millennials in the US.

Most recently, Josh teamed up with web prodigy Anson ‘Phong’ Vogt to create and launch lILLUMINATED, a feature film franchise and trans-media brand based on the story of a girl’s journey to enlightenment. Designed to capture the “consciousness” psychographic, this 360 degree IP is in development and will be fortified by a dream sharing social network called Dreamcatcher.

Josh is frequently asked to present his ideas on brand building, youth marketing, indigenous media creation, user-generated content, community activation and socially transformative enterprise, and has lectured at conferences and film festivals including Sundance, Rotterdam, Toronto HotDocs, IDFA, NextMedia, Banff World Television Summit, Tokyo Animé Fair, Oliviero Toscani’s Animation Symposium in Florence and others.