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Joshua E. Kessler

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Joshua E. Kessler is known for Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003), Unusual Suspects (2010) and Inside Jokes (2018).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Penn Jillette and Teller in Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
    Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Unusual Suspects (2010)
    Unusual Suspects
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Inside Jokes (2018)
    Inside Jokes
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Scariest Places on Earth (2000)
    Scariest Places on Earth
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    • 2000

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Beyond the Stars - the Tom Warner story
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Kill or Be Killed (2024)
      Kill or Be Killed
      6.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • Co-Executive Producer
      • 2024
    • Murder in the 21st (2023)
      Murder in the 21st
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • Unsolved Mysteries (2020)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020–2022
    • Twisted Sisters (2018)
      Twisted Sisters
      6.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020
    • Breaking Homicide (2018)
      Breaking Homicide
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • 2018–2019
    • Inside Jokes (2018)
      Inside Jokes
      7.3
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2018
    • Drug Lords (2018)
      Drug Lords
      6.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2018
    • O.J. Simpson in Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence (2017)
      Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
      4.6
      TV Mini Series
      • supervising producer (2017)
      • 2017
    • The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead (2016)
      The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead
      7.3
      TV Series
      • recreation producer
      • producer
      • 2016
    • D.B. Cooper: Case Closed? (2016)
      D.B. Cooper: Case Closed?
      6.0
      TV Series
      • recreations producer
      • 2016
    • Unusual Suspects (2010)
      Unusual Suspects
      7.5
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • producer
      • field producer ...
      • 2012–2016
    • Killer Confessions (2015)
      Killer Confessions
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Kevin Scott Allen and Pablo Nuñez in Got Home Alive (2011)
      Got Home Alive
      9.2
      TV Series
      • field producer
      • 2012
    • Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (2011)
      Penn & Teller Tell a Lie
      6.5
      TV Series
      • producer (as Josh Kessler)
      • 2011
    • Deadliest Warrior (2009)
      Deadliest Warrior
      7.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011

    Director

    • Unusual Suspects (2010)
      Unusual Suspects
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Smash Lab (2007)
      Smash Lab
      3.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Penn Jillette and Teller in Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
      Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
      8.2
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2005–2007

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Deadliest Warrior (2009)
      Deadliest Warrior
      7.5
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2011
    • Penn Jillette and Teller in Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
      Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
      8.2
      TV Series
      • field director (2005)
      • 2003–2010

    Production Department

    • Hollywood Squares (1998)
      Hollywood Squares
      5.7
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1999

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      • Joshua Kessler

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