Kahlil Joseph

Kahlil Joseph (b. Seattle, 1981) is an award-winning, LA-based filmmaker. Joseph migrated to Los Angeles in 1999 to attend Loyola Marymount University, where he studied television production. After university, Joseph embarked on a tutelage under accomplished directors and artists, including Malik Sayeed, Arthur Jafa, Doug Aitken and Roman Coppola. Joseph began his own career as the director of the short film Until the Quiet Comes (2012), with the musician Flying Lotus, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and Video of the Year. Joseph has worked with some of the most influential artists in music, including Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamarand FKA twigs. His first short film was shown at the ICA in Boston as part of the Kara Walker-curated exhibition Ruffneck Constructivists, which was followed by his breakout short film installation with Kendrick Lamar entitled m.A.A.d. Joseph’s current focus is the ongoing enterprise BLKNWS®. Originally conceived as a television program BLKNWS® operates under the unique practice of “conceptual journalism” to present an uninterrupted, highly curated broadcast that highlights the vastness of the Black experience with sources from social media, popular culture, and actual news footage. The Vinyl Factory has been collaborating with Joseph since 2016 when it staged the UK premiere of his film m.A.A.d as part of The Infinite Mix. A few years later The Vinyl Factory co-commissioned Joseph to produce his next film FlyPaper, and subsequently releasing the soundtrack.

Source: TMDB, September 2021