joe posner launched and led video at vox.com from 2014-2022.

he launched semafor's video program in 2022.

his work as a leader and manager has resulted in billions of video views and 10 emmy nominations.

his work as a director-producer can be seen on netflix, hbo, and youtube.

he is currently developing new ideas in non-fiction filmmaking with support from new america,

and is re-starting his production company fire-works.

which will have more of a real website here… soon.

for now, just reach out to him at jposner@gmail.com.

joe & fire-works previously created the national magazine award-nominated series Op-Video,

and animation for documentary films such as the oscar-nominated If a Tree Falls,

and Point and Shoot, which received an emmy nomination for outstanding design & animation.

testimonials

“a genuine video genius…he has the rare potential
to bring truly new things into the world” – ezra klein

"It’s being the director within the team sport of multimedia that lights him on fire" – lauren williams

"this is so edgy and non-traditional. you really couldn’t
have just set up like 2 chairs? I’m sure it looks cool though." – barack obama

"the most talented video journalist I've ever worked with" – ben smith