Joy Lusco Kecken

Joy Kecken has written and directed for the critically acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, and served as an Executive Producer on Apple TV+’s second season of Swagger.

Joy has also worked as a Showrunner/EP on Stephen King’s Joyland and on the Amazon/Lionsgate series, Middle West, collaborating with Michael B. Jordan’s company and the visionary director, Steven Caple, Jr. Her feature, All-In, is in development with Maven Pictures.

Her work as a Co-Executive Producer on Genius: MLK/X, Kindred and Motherland: Fort Salem can all been seen on Hulu. She still carries prodigious memories and recipes from her stint as a Consulting Producer on the critical darling, feature documentary, The Biggest Little Farm, which got on the Oscar doc shortlist.

As a director, librettist and Consulting Producer for Boston Lyric’s award-winning digital opera, desert in, Joy has fulfilled a lifelong dream of bridging her musical background with her love of cinema, all while on location in Palm Springs.

Her additional writing credits include Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger, Tales and Homicide: Life on the Street. Last year, she participated in the 24 Hour Plays visit to LA to support the Entertainment Fund for crew members affected by the strikes, and her one-act, ten-minute play, Hollywood Invitation, was performed at the Hudson Theatre.

Her shorts and feature documentary that she wrote and co-directed have screened at over 30 film festivals and appeared on Showtime and BET. She has also developed series at ABC Signature, FX and UCP.

Joy lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles.

Scott Kecken

Scott Kecken is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, director, producer through his company The Film Foundry.  Scott directed during the last season of the critically acclaimed show, “The Wire” on HBO.

His debut short Louisville won 11 awards including Best Short at the New York Independent International Film Festival and aired on BET, PBS, Aspire and Showtime. As director and producer on Woman Hollering Creek, the film won Best Maryland Film at the Annapolis Film Festival. Scott’s feature documentary We Are Arabbers, was funded by major grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and Maryland Humanities Council to document the African American folk culture of the remaining horse-and-wagon produce hucksters in Baltimore. 

Through the roots of his visual anthropologist lens, Scott continues to develop diverse, socially redeeming narratives and documentaries. Scott debut feature as a writer, Eat, Drink and Be Merry, a dark comedy that answers the question, “What would you do for cheap rent?”, is currently casting.

Scott is also an educator and has worked as staff and faculty at colleges and universities across the country, including Cornell University, Towson University, Stevenson University and West Los Angeles College.

www.scottkecken.com