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name: "Josh Penn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-penn"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:31:14.319437+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."
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# Josh Penn

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000

## Biography

Josh Penn is a film and television producer. He produced *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012), which premiered at Sundance, won the Grand Jury Prize there and the Caméra d'Or at Cannes, and received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.

Penn has produced or executive produced numerous independent films that have premiered at Sundance, including *Monsters and Men* (2018), *Wendy* (2020) and *Farewell Amor* (2020). He has also worked on documentaries and series such as *Philly D.A.* He co-founded the Department of Motion Pictures and in 2026 launched the production company Serenade. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and a Producers Guild of America nomination for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for *Beasts of the Southern Wild*.

*Sources: variety.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-the-southern-wild.md)

## Also known for

- *Approaching the Unknown* (2016), Producer
- *Patti Cake$* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Wendy* (2020), Producer
- *O'Dessa* (2025), Associate Producer
- *Monsters and Men* (2018), Producer
- *Farewell Amor* (2020), Producer

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