josh hyde bio

Josh Hyde - Writer/Director

Hyde was born to a Filipino immigrant mother and American father in St. Louis, Missouri. The second of three children, Hyde naturally excelled in foreign language and visual arts. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in 2003 with a degree in Cinema and Photography, Hyde left the U.S. for Cuzco, Peru, where he directed a documentary, Despacho, which examines the cultural exchange between western medicine and indigenous Peruvian shamanistic techniques. Upon his return, Hyde moved to Chicago and interned with the award-winning documentary production house, Kartemquin Films. In 2004 Hyde entered the MFA program at Ohio University during which time he worked closely under acclaimed Croatian director/producer, Rajko Grlic (Border Post, Josephine, Caruga). In the summer of 2004, Hyde returned to Cuzco to shoot the short film version of Postales, entitled Chicle, which played at over 50 festivals worldwide (Berlin Int’l, Tribeca Int’l), winning at the Hamptons Int’l, Chicago Int’l and Black Maria. In 2006, the short was endorsed by the Korean National Film Archive to teach children about cultural fusion and globalization.

Hyde lives in the mountains of Colorado where he works as a freelance writer/director/editor.

Josh Hyde

A lofu production in association with tambo film outfitters presents Postales cast Guimel Soria Martinez Nadia Alexander Alan Cuba Megan Tusing Humberto Chaparro Esidora Estrada Bolanos Ed Trucco Annie Kozuch William Huanca Pimac music by Michael Deller publicist Adam York editor Evan Smith director of photography Dan Fischer producers Claire Connelly Dan Fischer P.J. Fishwick Maxi Holland writer/director/editor Josh Hyde