Joy Marzec is a Philadelphia filmmaker who makes street fables: grounded social dramas infused with surreal, mystical, and dreamlike elements that reveal the invisible forces shaping our choices.
Her first feature, I AM THAT, won Best New Mexico Feature Film at the Santa Fe International Film Festival and is available in the US and UK on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and DirecTV. She has directed and produced multiple films internationally in India, France, and the United States.
Before filmmaking, Joy adapted and directed theater works including Siddhartha and A Brave New World, earned a degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and later relocated to Philadelphia. She has independently raised funding for all of her films through her work co-running an Ashtanga yoga media company that produces video courses, books, and international tours. Her brother, Mitch Marzec, has composed the music for all of her films.
Joy is currently developing her fourth feature, Dream of the Holy Fool, a social drama with a mystical rupture set on a divided Philadelphia block.
