Joshua Katcher

Credits / Resumé

EDUCATION / TRAINING
• Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Syracuse University, Bachelor of Fine Arts; Art Video, 2003
Minor: Environmental Studies (SUNY ESF)

• SKILLS:
Television & Video Production, Public Speaking, Workshops, Education & Presentations, Event Planning, Graphic Design, Professional Photography Production, Professional & Creative Writing, PR & Press Expertise, Sustainable/Ethical/Cruelty-Free Fashion/Textile/Styling/Lifestyle Expertise, Retail Business & Nonprofit Operations & Management, Menswear & Accessories Design, Website Maintenance & Design, Vegan Food & Design Consulting, Celebrity Liaison, Sculpture, Painting, Vegan Cooking.

CURRENT PROJECTS
• Founder / Editor “The Discerning Brute” Mens’ Lifestyle Internet Magazine – www.TheDiscerningBrute.com
• Founder / Editor  “PINNACLE Reinvent The Icon ” Fashion Initiative & Magazine – www.ReinventTheIcon.com
• Founder / Owner “Brave GentleMan” online store for ethical menswear & accessories – www.BraveGentleMan.com
• Founder / Owner “Perhaps Media, Inc” video & media production company – www.PerhapsMedia.net
• Designer – Brave GentleMan Label Ties & Bowties, sustainable, cruelty-free, made in New York
• Designer – Novacas for Brave GentleMan men’s shoes and boots, sustainable, cruelty-free, made fairly in Portugal
• Creative Director – New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, Eco Fashion Fundraiser (Oct 2011)

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:
• “Fashion & Animals” “Decoding and harnessing the dialect of fashion culture to help animals”(forthcoming)
• 2011 American University of Paris, Ethical Fashion Panel – Featured Speaker
– 2011 Parsons: The New School For Design
– 2011 Washington DC Anti-Fur Society Conference
– 2010 Paris – The Bellevois Paris Vegan Day
– 2010 BVF – Boston Vegetarian Festival
– 2010 Jivamukti Yoga School, feat John Bartlett

• Cruelty-Free Fashion “alternatives to animal-based textiles and the political, ethical, and environmental implications”
– 2011 Guilded State, NYC Sustainable Fashion Education Organization – (class)
– 2011 Brown University (forthcoming)

VIDEO / TV PRODUCTION 2005 – Present

• Nigel Barker, LLC
– Nigel Barker/ Ted Baker In-Store Signing – Event Video Producer
– Jordache -Behind The Scenes & Press Video – Producer/DP

• MTN Networks
– Battle For Ozzfest – casting assistant
– Damage Control – Asst Editor
– My Super Sweet 16 ( 6 seasons, series)Director / Producer / DP
– MADE (series) Director / Producer / DP
– Camped Out (series)- Field Producer/Shooter
– Engaged & Underage (series)- Field Producer/Shooter
– 16 & Pregnant (series)- Field Producer/Shooter
– Teen Mom (series)- Field Producer/Shooter
– “The Black Book Diaries” MTV Project Development – Editor
– “Fast Inc.” MTV Project Development – Shooter
– “Cherry Monroe”  MTV Project Development – DP/ Editor
– ” Untitled Pilot” MTV Project Development-  Producer/ DP – (LOGO)

• Thirteen / WNET
– Make E’m Laugh Featuring Amy Sedaris – Director/Producer

• Current TV
– “Intervention” Eco-Spot on Oil Addiction – Director / Producer / DP
– “Seagull”  feat Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre – Director / Producer / DP
– “Struggling Virgin” Executive Producer
– “Misshapes”, Director/ Producer
– “Stache”, Director/ Producer
– “River”  Director/ Producer
– “Vegan Parenting” Editor/ Shooter / Producer

• FUSE
– “Fuse Celebrity Playlist – DP
– “F-List” Fuse feat. Alison Becker – DP

• The Discerning Brute TV
– John Norris – Interview
– Tim Gunn – interview
– “Concrete Catwalk” Prank Video
-The Green Shows at New York Fashion Week
– ‘Skinny Bitch’ Rory Freedman
– AFI’s Davey Havok
– Todd Oldham (crafts and cooking segment)
– Rip Esselstyn (The Engine 2 Diet)
– Brendan Brasier (Thrive)

• Jarrett Creative Group – Video Production
The Veronicas sizzle reel DP
Care Bears On Fire, performance video, DP
Two Stages”. Jarrett Creative Group, Warner Bros – DP/ Editor

• DC3 Creative Intelligence Agency
– Fashions Night Out Ad, Taxi TV – Producer/Host
– Lord & Taylor “Big Sale” Commercial – Director
– Lord & Taylor Charity Event, Taxi TV – Producer/Host
– Lord & Taylor SS10 Video – Director/Editor
– Lord & Taylor Anniversary Sale Video – Director/Producer/Editor

• The Standard Hotel / Andre Balaz
Balaz Family Birthday Party – Shooter/Editor/Producer

• Laforce & Stevens
– Valspar Video at ICFF – Director/Editor
– Veuve Clicquot Video – Direcotr/Editor
– Restoration Hardware – Editor
– Nikki Taylor / Red Cross PSA – Director/Producer
– Nexcare Sizzle Reel – Producer/Editor

• People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals
– Joan Jett – Vegetarian PSA
– Kirsten Johnston – Carriage Horse PSA
– Danity Kane – Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur
– Mark Ronsen – If you Wouldn’t Wear Your Dog…
– Jenna Jameson “Pleather Yourself” PSA
– Cloris Leachman Lettuce Lady Ad
– Carol Leifer – Vegan Testimonial video-
– WWE Wrestler, Tiffany Interview
– Justin Bieber, Interview Spay/Neuter Pets
– Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Museum of Natural History) – Interview
– Alec Baldwin – Animal Circuses Testimonial

• Farm Sanctuary
– Joan Jett PSA – Producer/Editor
– Ginnifer Goodwin for PSA: “Thanksliving” – Director / Producer / Editor
– 2008 Gala Video – Producer / Editor
– 25th Anniversary Video – Director /Producer / Editor
– “Maxine’s Dash For Freedom” – Director / Producer / Editor
“- It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way” – Producer / Editor

• Expo TV
Kips Bay Movie Review Video – Shooter
Digital Life at Javits – Shooter
ETAIL – Palm Desert – Shoot/Edit

• Various Productions
“Back to School Eco Shopping”  Teen.com TV  feat. Paul Iocona  – Host
“All Muscle” Red Moxie Television – DP
“Hair Trauma” WE Television – DP
“New York Underground Comedy Festival” AOL – DP
“Horse Power” Animal Planet – DP
“The Wallflowers Custom Concert feat. Carole King” Oxygen – Editor
Asst. Casting Director -”Hell’s Kitchen”  FOX
“Larsen-Juhl Video” – JSN Global Media Editor
“Stylelikeu Reality Sizzle” – Scott Free Productions DP/Producer
“Lambda Legal 25th Gala Video” – Director/Producer

• Music Videos
– MPRESS Records – “Vertigo”, Rachael Sage
– 200Dynasty “Hourglass” music video feat. on Much Music – Director/Writer/Editor
- The Wage of Sin “Severed” music video MTV, Much Music  – Director/Writer/Editor

ART

FINE ART CURITORIAL / PROGRAMMING WORK:
– Creator / Programmer – Raw, Video Art & Cuisine Series, Brooklyn
– Co-curator – UNamerican Film Festival – Rotterdam
– Creator / Programmer – SPARK VIDEO: Beacon
– Curator – SPARK VIDEO: Syracuse

SELECTED FESTIVALS/ SCREENINGS:
– Raw, Video Art & Cuisine Series, Brooklyn, NY 2007
– New York Underground Film Festival. 2005, New York City
– Rotterdam International Film Festival 2004. Rotterdam, Holland.
– Cannes Film Festival. 2003 France.
– Video Now! 2003 presented by the Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse,
– New York Underground Film Festival 2003. New York City, NY.

SCULPTURE EXHIBiTIONS:
– Figureworks Gallery – Solo exhibition, Brooklyn,NY   2007
– Shangri-la Studios – Installation, Brooklyn NY 2007
– Choplet Studio/Gallery – permanenet collection, Brooklyn NY 11211
– Brave Destiny – Group Show, Brooklyn, NY 111211   2006
– Figureworks Gallery – Duo exhibition w/ Audrey Rhoda, Brooklyn NY   2005

WRITING

- “PINNACLE: Reinvent The Icon ” Magazine Vol 1- 3 – Editor, Stylist
– “EcoStiletto”, “Great Green Gear for Guys”  (ongoing) – Fashion columnist
– “VegNews Magazine, “Cool Green Guy” – Featured Columnist
– “Lonny Magazine”, “We Went Mad For” – Contributing Editor
– “Hint Magazine”, “Eco-Designers Show Us How It’s Done” – Writer
– “Ecouterre: 28 Fashion Predictions for 2011” – Writer
– “Dossier Journal”, “The Handy Dandy Dandy” – Writer
– “Crazy Sexy Life” – Contributing Men’s Lifestyle Writer

PUBLICITY APPEARANCES:

- Farm Sanctuary’s Walk For Farm Animals – Emcee
– Animals Asia Presentation: Founder Jill Robinson – Emcee
– Cool Vs Cruel -  HSUS Fashion Competition – Judge & Host Committee
– BUST Magazine Craftacular vegan waffle-making demo for 300
– Jivamukti Yoga – Vegan Cooking Class 101
– AW10 Vaute Couture Men’s Collection – Model
– AW09 Mens’ Shoes collection for Olsen Haus – Model
– Veggie Conquest, Vegetarian Cooking Competition Event- Emcee
– Our Hen House Launch Party – Emcee
– Farm Sanctuary Gala – Special Guest
– Comedy For Karm, Fndraiser – Host Committee

INTERVIEWS

• Stylelikeu.com, “Joshua Katcher: Designer, ethical fashion & lifestyle expert”
  
• Wa-off.com, “Joshua Katcher, célèbre blogueur de mode US”
  
• Let Them Eat Meat (letthemeatmeat.com), “Interview With Joshua Katcher”
  
• Full Frontal Fashion: Fashion Love Story: Joshua Katcher”
  
• Retail Therapy: Talking with the Prince of Ethical Fashion, Joshua Katcher”
  
• Vegansauraus: Interview with a Vegan: Joshua Katcher “
  
• KissMyVegan.com “Interview Series #7: Joshua Katcher “
  
• MindBodyGreen, “Eco, Ethical, and Vegan Living With Joshua Katcher”,
  
• G Living, “Exclusive Interview With Joshua Katcher, The Discerning Brute”
  
• Edge New York, “Joshua Katcher : Fighting for the Rights of Those Who Can’t”
  
• Goodlifer, (cover story)  “Joshua Katcher, The Discerning Brute“,
  
• Our Hen House, “Episode 9: “… the health of the chickens.” (podcast),
  
• Fashion.Net, (Cover Story):  Hip Hops: Joshua Katcher,
  
• W Magazine “Five Minutes with The Discerning Brute” –
  
• Style Me Green (Dutch) – “The Discerning Brute”
  
• On The Verge – “Jordana’s interview with Joshua Katcher”