---
name: "Joedan Okun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joedan-okun"
fi1m_id: "joedan-okun"
tmdb_id: 2677751
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:11:45.078930+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joedan Okun

## Identity

Joedan Okun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joedan-okun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joedan-okun
- **TMDB ID:** 2677751
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2677751

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2677751

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Symphony*](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joedan Okun is a documentary producer. He produced *American Symphony* (2023), directed by Matthew Heineman, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was released by Netflix after acquisition by Higher Ground Productions. The film won two Grammy Awards, including Best Music Film, and a Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary.

Okun has worked repeatedly with Heineman. He was executive producer on *Retrograde* (2022) and *The First Wave* (2021), and co-producer on *City of Ghosts* (2017). Other credits include producing *The Boy from Medellín* (2020). He graduated with honours from Wesleyan University and is head of production at Our Time Projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, thelocalreporter.press.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Symphony* (2023), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *American Symphony* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)
- *Transition* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Retrograde* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The First Wave* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Tiger* (2021), series, Producer
- *Buried Above Ground* (2015), Co-Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joedan-okun