Joseph Gonzales I didn’t start in film. I started in a classroom in South Africa, teaching English to 40-plus kids in a resource-strapped school for two years through Peace Corps. Before that, I was advising both undergrad and grad students alike at UC San Diego.Neither role says “producer” on paper, yet both were producing – I became the person who took a group with no roadmap and gave them one. I learned the language at AFI for what I’ve already been doing: breaking down scripts scene by scene, building budgets from that foundation. It was all instinct.780+ vertical drama episodes made to more than 10 platforms, a HYBE Label music video production for ENHYPEN’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” leading 7 podcasts with several Disney Channel and Nickelodeon stars, and managing a production studio with over 10 podcasts shot each week. It’s advising and Peace Corps all over again, just now wearing a producer’s jacket.
Film Mentor
Studio Operations Lead
Production Coordinator
Vice President of Production
Masters
Bachelors, Social sciences
Vocational, Social sciences
