Joe Brewster
Directing · Writer · Director · Co-Producer
Active 1995–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship
Joe Brewster is an American psychiatrist and filmmaker who directs and produces fiction films, documentaries and new media focused on the experiences of communities of color.
Filmography
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023) — Producer · Writer · DirectorAmerican Promise (2013) — Director · ProducerFaces of Change (2006) — ProducerThe Age of Water (2024) — ProducerThe Keeper (1995) — Writer · Director · ProducerThe Killing Zone (2003) — Co-Producer · Director · WriterStateless (2020) — Executive ProducerLearning to Breathe (2021) — DirectorElena (2021) — ProducerSlaying Goliath (2008) — Director · Producer · WriterDrawn to the Mat (2019) — Director · ProducerA Conversation with Black Women on Race (2015) — Director · ProducerBlack Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games (2023) — Producer · DirectorA Conversation About Growing Up Black (2015) — Director · ProducerA Mother's Dream (2016) — ProducerThe Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma (2021) — Producer · Writer · DirectorComing Home: The Dry Storm (2010) — ProducerFreddie Gray Documentary — Director · ProducerDecolonizing Mental Health (2021) — Writer · Director · ProducerThe Changing Same (2018) — Producer · Writer · DirectorA Conversation with White People on Race (2015) — ProducerA Conversation With Latinos on Race (2015) — DirectorSons of Detroit (2025) — Executive ProducerPaul Robeson Documentary — Director · Writer