
Josh Koury
Directing
Biography
Josh Koury is an award-winning filmmaker and producer with 20 years of filmmaking experience. Most recently, he served on the directorial team of the six-part HBO series "I’ll Be Gone in the Dark" (airing July 2020) exploring Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the world of the Golden State Killer. Koury co-directed "Voyeur" (2017), a Netflix Original Documentary following famed author Gay Talese as he unravels the story of Gerald Foos, a motel owner who owned and operated a motel for the express purpose of spying on his guests. Additional directorial credits include the feature-length films "Journey to Planet X" (2012), "We Are Wizards" (2008), and "Standing By Yourself" (2002) and short films "We Will Live Again" (2012) and the ESPN ’30 for 30’, "An Immortal Man" (2014). Koury’s films have screened at festivals worldwide, including the New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, and Slamdance.
Known For

An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
Voyeur

An up-to-date look at Youth Suicide with an examination of the warning signs, statistics and causes, along with possible ways teachers and parents can use to help their child overcome this important social issue. Also includes a look at the media and its handling of the social issue through the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" and the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Dear Evan Hansen."
Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide

An original semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama very loosely inspired by Max Hechtman's adolescence and college experience as a young filmmaker.
The Lens Within Me

A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope.
Abigail

Red Sox legend Ted Williams grew up in front of America during baseball’s golden age. He served his country as an ace fighter pilot in Korea and was the last man to ever hit over .400 for a season. This story isn’t about how he lived, but about the mystery surrounding his world after his death. Williams’s head (yes, his head) is preserved in cryostasis in a facility in Arizona. How this came to be remains a mystery shrouded in claims that his children mistreated him and wrapped in a notorious dirty cocktail napkin.
An Immortal Man

As the popularity of author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series expands to create a whole new breed of rabid fantasy fanatics, filmmaker Josh Koury explores the curious culture that has emerged around the most instantly recognizable young wizard in the history of youth fiction
We Are Wizards

Eric Swain and Troy Bernier are scientists by day and amateur filmmakers by night. Over the years these two friends have turned out many of their own amateur, sci-fi inspired movies. Journey to Planet X follows the filming of Planet X, the duo’s most ambitious endeavor to date, and sheds light on their unique brand of “movie magic.”
Journey to Planet X
A shattering documentary on the lives of two hostile teenagers in an upstate town who react to their dead-end environment and social ostracism with a frenzied, narcotized downward spiral.
Standing by Yourself

After being unwillingly tasked with babysitting a buddy's dangerous device, Tommi, the powerless neurotic, is forced to clean up after his own bloody, bumbling journey of incompetence.
Dumping Loretta

We Will Live Again is a look at the unusual and extraordinary operations of the Cryonics Institute. The film follows Ben Best and Andy Zawacki, the caretakers of this 'mom and pop style' warehouse, as they maintain the 99 deceased human bodies stored at below freezing temperatures in cryopreservation. The Institute and the Cryonics Movement were founded by Robert Ettinger, who in his nineties has long retired from running the faculty, but still lives nearby, self-publishing books on cryonics, awaiting the end of this life and eagerly anticipating his next.