Joshua Shull is the President of Pentwater Productions (founded in 2008), and LOC8 Location and Production Services
(2012). He has scouted, location managed, written, produced, and or production supervised projects covering all platforms
of media for over 25+ years. Josh and his team have scouted, supervised or produced projects across the USA, and the
Caribbean for most of the largest Networks, Series, Studios and Streamers in the business.
Recently, Joshua has Executive Produced several projects including Two independent films through Pentwater
Productions; The Journey of Malcom Miracle and Dave (2023) Winner of BEST DIRECTOR @ IPRHFF and a Romantic
Musical Comedy, Love and Near Death (2024), a feature documentary Care Centered with Second Home Pictures and
in association with Planned Parenthoood Advocates of WI, a rooftop concert for The MTV Video Music Awards
Emerging Artists, as well as commercial and photo campaigns, and a one hour special for web broadcast.
In recent years, Josh and his team have served as Logistics Producer for BET’s Soul Train Awards at the Apollo
Theater, and a music-interview series pilot for Paramount+, and as Location Supervisor for upcoming 2nd Season of the
Emmy Award winning documentary series The Jinx Season 2 on HBO (2024), Two Seasons of The Problem with Jon
Stewart for Apple+ on East and West Coasts, Three Seasons of The Drew Barrymore Show (also on East and West
Coasts), a couple seasons of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, as well
as countless Stand up Specials, Promos, and TV Commercials.
Josh served as Logistics Producer for MTV’s 2020 Video Music Awards in NYC, and location managed CBS Television’s
22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays (with host Gayle King), HBO’s production of Seeing America with Megan
Rapinoe, and HBO Max’s Stand up Special Chelsea Handler’s EVOLUTION, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen’s New
Year’s Broadway song and dance number in Times Square entitled “2021 Might Not Suck” for New Year’s Eve 2021. Josh
and his team also provided location support for Death to 2021, and Death to 2020 both for Netflix.
In June 2020, Josh served as Director and Co-Producer of the United Nations Global Compact Summit, a 26 hour live-
stream with guest speakers, world leaders, celebs, activists, videos, and virtual panels from around the world.
Prior to the pandemic, Josh served as Production Supervisor and Live Events Director for Warner Media’s Superbowl Grid
Iron (6 days of broadcasts x 3-5 shows per day including CNN, Direct TV and Bleacher Report’s Superbowl Coverage.
Other Live TV Producer Credits in 2020: CNN’s Citizen Town Hall on ending gun violence with Lori Lightfoot, David
Axelrod, Isiah Thomas, and Arnie Duncan. TNT’s Inside the NBA Roast Live from House of Blues, Chicago. Josh served
as location manager for Steve Harvey’s New Years Eve 2020, and 2019 segments.
In June 2019, Josh (for the third year) served as Coordinating Producer and Director of Live Events for Warner Media and
Dick Clark Productions for the NBA Awards filmed at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. And in August 2019, served as
Logistics Producer for The Jonas Brothers Concert on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, and at the legendary Stone Pony for the
2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
Josh and his team location managed the East and West Coast filming for David Letterman’s Netflix Show, My Next Guest
Needs No Introduction (2nd and 3rd seasons), also The Break with Michelle Wolf on Netflix, Amanda Seales’ HBO
Stand Up Special You Be Knowin’ and Showtime’s Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston, and location
managed several show opens and promos for Paramount/Viacom series.
Josh also served as Location Supervisor for Comedy Central’s late night series, The President Show (22 episodes), and
for I Heart Media/ATT/Direct TV’s multi-platform live concert series (live web/radio/TV) featuring: Usher’s Album Release at
Pier 15 in NYC, Sting Live at Irving Plaza, and Secret Sessions with Lorde at The Houdini Estate in Los Angeles. Josh also
worked on the return of MTV’s series, Unplugged, filmed at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.
In 2015, Josh scouted, and negotiated the contract at the St. James Theatre on Broadway for the filming of Birdman: Or
the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (*2015 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture)
Credits as TV producer, and production supervisor: Comedy Central, VH1, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Warner Bros’
The Great Gatsby, BBC, MTV, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, TLC, and countless commercials and photo
campaigns.
Credits as Location manager: Untitled Jo Koy Stand Up Special (2024), Jenny Slate at BAM (2023), Hassan Minaj The
King’s Jester on Netflix (2022), Aida Rodriguez Fighting Words on HBO, Phoebe Robinson Sorry, Harriet Tubman
on HBO, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, The Yearly Show with Trevor Noah, HBO’s/Funny of Die’s Chris
Gethard’s Career Suicide, VH1 Storytellers (6 eps), Logo’s Trailblazer Honors (5 years at Cathedral of St. John the
Divine), Dear Mama at St. Bart’s Church, VH1’s Big Music in 2015, You Oughta Know (2013 and 2014), Superbowl
Blitz (6 nights/6 shows) VH1’s Make a Band Famous, Nickelodeon HALO Awards , NBC’s SMASH, MARVEL’S The
Avengers, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, ABC’s Ugly Betty, I Am Legend, Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited,
Woody Allen’s Whatever Works, USA’s White Collar, HBO’s The Newsroom, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, What Happens
in Vegas, Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd, and more.