Joe Peeler is a Sundance award-winning director and editor whose work has appeared on
NETFLIX, HBO, FX, ESPN, Hulu and CBS. Joe began his career apprenticing under legendary
director Peter Bogdanovich, and from there edited Lucy Walker’s Academy Awards Shortlist
documentary short The Lion’s Mouth Opens; multiple episodes of the Netflix original series
Flint Town; and Margaret Brown’s SXSW premiere documentary short The Black Belt. Most
recently, Joe co-directed BAD PRESS, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and
won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.
