Joy Gorman Wettels

Joy Gorman Wettels is a Partner at Anonymous Content, where her focus is “YI” content — Youth Impact, Intention & Inclusion. She strives for real world reflection & authenticity by aligning with activists, experts and organizations through storytelling. Joy executive produced all 4 seasons of the hit Netflix/Paramount series 13 REASONS WHY created by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Yorkey and directed by Oscar-winner Tom McCarthy (SPOTLIGHT). Released in 2017, 13 REASONS WHY started a global conversation around teen suicide, bullying and sexual violence. The first two seasons are still reported to be in the top ten most watched Netflix series of all time. Joy recently completed two seasons of HOME BEFORE DARK on Apple TV+ starring Brooklynn Prince. Inspired by the life of 9-year-old journalist Hilde Lysiak, Gorman Wettels developed it from inception with Dana Fox, Dara Resnik & Jon M. Chu. Gorman Wettels is currently producing a multi-part storytelling ecosystem for Warner Media inspired by Landmark Civil Rights docu-series EYES ON THE PRIZE in partnership with Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors, Melina Matsoukas, Dawn Porter and original producers BLACKSIDE. The first installment, EYES ON THE PRIZE: HALLOWED GROUND is now streaming on HBO Max alongside the original 1987 series with an all new curriculum & study guide. Porter will co-direct and showrun the upcoming 6 part series on HBO. Joy’s upcoming TV and film slate includes a new adaptation of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE for Paramount TV/AC Studio; K-Pop musical I’LL BE THE ONE at New Line with Colleen McGuiness & Nahnatchka Khan; OVERLOOKED with The New York Times and the Obama’s Higher Ground Productions; Tracy McMillan’s autobiographical comedy UNPRISONED with Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo at ABC Studio; A limited about the life of famed victims rights attorney Carrie Goldberg with Amanda Seyfried. Previous passion projects include: Lorene Scafaria's THE MEDDLER for Sony Pictures Classics, named Vanity Fair's #1 film of 2016; Scafaria’s directorial debut SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD for Focus Features; and GIRLS CODE; a pilot about an all-women robotics lab with Paul Feig and Kim Rosenstock. A fierce advocate for underrepresented voices and mental health in media, Joy has helped raise awareness for Crisis Text Line, It’s On Us, Protect Her, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health America. She’s spoken at several events including the DC Women’s March, Sundance, Teen Vogue Summit, the Society for Research in Child Development global conference, and an It’s On Us call to action against sexual violence with President Joe Biden, and serves on the board of SAFEBAE and Advisory Council of UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers. Joy is also one of the first 200 Hollywood women at the forefront of the Time’s Up movement. On behalf of 13 Reasons Why, she’s accepted a Sentinel Award, Television Academy Honors for advancing social change and the 2018 Mental Health America Media Award. Along with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, she received The American Legion Patriot Award, for Outstanding Dedication To Veterans And Hollywood Post 43. Earlier in her career, Joy was named one of The Hollywood Reporter's NEXT GENERATION / "35 under 35.” Her early years in entertainment were spent at Miramax Films in NYC and at her own management and production entity, where she sold the first pitches & scripts of now longtime collaborators out of her apartment. She grew up in Yonkers, New York, and commuted to Barnard College of Columbia University where she produced the 102nd Columbia Varsity Show written by fellow students Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt. Subsequently, she helped shepherd their Pulitzer & Tony winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL to Broadway for over a decade. Having spent 14 years working closely with the legendary Steve Golin, Joy approaches filmmaking with the honesty, devotion & tenacity he exemplified. Joy is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.

Honesty, making folx feel less alone, singing, Italian cooking

Take kids seriously. Be emotional.

Easy On Me by Adele (yet)