Josh Minor is a Boulder native and a graduate from the University of Colorado with a BFA degree in film making (2009). While in college, Josh garnered numerous film making awards and recognition from the film program including the Grillo award in 2007, the Goldfarb Award in 2008, and “Best Experimental Film” and “Best Film Overall” at the Big Freaking Deal (BFD) Film Festival in 2009. In Spring 2010, his award winning art film, Once in a Lullaby, screened at the Vail Film Festival.
Josh worked as the Associate Editor on the 2013 music documentary, Muscle Shoals. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival where it received critical acclaim, and screened at other prestigious festivals, including the Boulder International Film Festival, South by Southwest, and Sundance London. The film also aired on PBS and was available for a period of time on Netflix.
Josh worked as an Assistant Editor on the 2015 documentary, Racing Extinction, which followed an unlikely team of activists and innovators attempting a bold mission to save our world from environmental catastrophe. The film premiered at Sundance 2015, and was broadcast on the Discovery Channel to over 220 nations around the world on December 2nd, 2015.
Josh Minor currently works for Sender Films in Boulder, CO, editing rock climbing and adventure films. He works on the annual Reel Rock series, was an assistant editor on The Dawn Wall, and edited the feature length documentary The Alpinist. In addition to his work at Sender, Josh continues to create personal films and shoot & edit promotional videos for local businesses, musicians, music festivals, and indie filmmakers. In life outside of film making, Josh is an avid soccer player, musician, artist, writer, and sound designer.