Joel Peissig // Co-owner /
Executive Producer/ Creative Director
Joel landed a job as an Art Director at BBDO New York when he was just 20 years old, where he worked on ads for clients including HBO, Visa, Federal Express, and countless more. As a creative director, he continued to work with world-renowned advertising companies, where he oversaw the development of campaigns that won multiple awards. Ridley Scott & Associates recruited him after he directed his debut commercial, and he was selected to participate in the New Directors Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. At the Resfest International Film Festival, he took home the audience award for his work on the music video "Dumbing Down of Love" by Frou-Frou. The music video for Grammy-nominated singer Imogen Heap's song "Hide and Seek"—which has amassed over 35 million views on YouTube—was also directed by Joel. After that, he directed the debut campaign for SHOWTIME's Homeland, for which he won a slew of honors. During DTS's 2017 C.E.S. presentation, Joel served as creative director for a 360-degree theater experience using a 22.1 3D sound system. On two DTS Theater mnemonics, he collaborated with Oscar winning sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn. Joel was most recently worked at Searchlight Pictures in the role of creative director consultant, where he collaborated on the development of campaigns for "Jo-Jo Rabbit" by Taiki Wikiti, "Nightmare Alley" by Guillermo del Toro, and "The French Dispatch" by Wes Anderson, for which he has received a Clio. "All Things Undone" is an afro-futuristic podcast that Joel and Chené Lawson created in and which earned a 2023 Webby Award for best scripted podcast.