Josiah Stendel

German-born filmmaker and video marketing expert Josiah Stendel has spent the last decade on breakout television hits like The Chosen, commercials for Fortune 500 brands, and some of the most successful YouTube channels of all time. His viral successes total over a billion views, prompting critics to call Josiah "the next generation of filmmaking talent." His work, featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and others, has generated over 12 million subscribers and tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue for world-class brands like Chick-fil-A, UPS, Statefarm, and Eventbrite. He now lives in the southeastern United States with his wife and daughter. His 2017 film, Orphaned Courage, supported adoptions across the nation. His following film, the critically-acclaimed short The Cold Season (2019), screened at the Academy Award qualifying Nashville Film Festival and was heralded as "Riveting. Mesmerizing. Compelling, practically beyond words" by The Independent Critic himself.