Joshua Riehl

Joshua Riehl is a Michigan born writer, storyteller and documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on PBS, NBCSports and CNNFilms. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s film program, he cut his teeth working on projects at the crossroads of politics and criminal justice. While at UT he produced "An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story" and the PBS Frontline episode "Death by Fire" before heading home to make "The Russian Five", which would win multiple film festival awards and be sold in over a dozen markets worldwide. Whether focusing on the opioid crisis, the wrongfully convicted or the international intrigue of defecting Soviet hockey players, his work explores the human condition and the heart of mankind.