Josh Koury

Josh Koury (born 1977) is an American filmmaker, best known for his documentary films We Are Wizards and Standing by Yourself.

Koury was born in upstate New York, and currently resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

His first film, Standing by Yourself, opened theatrically in 2002. His second feature length film, We Are Wizards, had its premiere at SXSW in March 2008. Since then it has traveled to many film festivals around the world and had its theatrical release in November 2008.

Koury also co-founded the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, where he served as programming director for five years. In addition, he worked for four years at the Hamptons International Film Festival as a programmer. He now works as faculty at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.

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