The Path

Joseph’s life could be an adventure movie. Born in New Zealand, he spent over twenty-five years as a Biologist in some of the most remote islands of Indonesia. He married a Balinese warrior princess and then changed tack, sailing to Australia to launch a career in film. After seven years of living on the boat and making movies, he returned to Southeast Asia to tell stories that matter with a cross-cultural focus and is a permanent resident of Indonesia.

As an actor, he has worked in Australia, the USA, Indonesia and Malaysia with credits on “Home and Away” (7 Network), “The Singapore Grip” (ITV), “Strike Back” (HBO), the award winning feature “One Less God (Umbrella), Dev Patel’s directorial debut “Monkey Man” (Universal) and “Murder Below Deck” (Lifetime). Joseph is an acting coach and former instructor at The Australian Performing Arts Conservatory.

Joseph is one of only a handful of registered foreign Film Directors in Indonesia and directed, wrote, and produced the television pilot “Soulbeats” and two television specials - “Indonesia’s Best Ever” - for Discovery Network. He was a producer for the Swiss feature, “Luchsinger and the Gods”, “Das Traumschif Nusantara” (ZDF) and “Cali Kid” (Amazon). Two of his feature screenplays (Kandula & Rider have been developed with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission. He recently directed & wrote “The Whip Fighters of Indonesia” for (ZDF - Arte) and is currently in post on “The Wall”, a documentary about Karmila Purba – the Wall of Death princess from Sumatra.