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Joslyn Rose Lyons is an American director, filmmaker, and producer.
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Joslyn Rose Lyons is an American director, filmmaker, and producer.
Lyons studied visual arts at the California College of the Arts and finished her degree at University of California, Berkeley, in film theory. [1]
Lyons' films have been featured on streaming platforms and at film festivals nationally and internationally. Her work with BET began at Rap City and includes producing content such as Hip Hop Chess with RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, directing the first Music Matters Grammy Showcase Grammy Edition with PJ Morton, Mack Wilds, and Mali Music at the Creative Artists Agency, and producing BET Celebrity Basketball with Nick Cannon, Chris Brown, Trevor Jackson, Jemele Hill, Angela Yee, and Lil Rel Howery for the BET Awards.
Lyons is the Impact Producer on Speaking Truth to Power. The film won the 53rd NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Documentary. [2]
For LeBron James’ digital platform UNINTERRUPTED, Lyons created and executive produced Same Energy, with episodes featuring Marshawn Lynch, and 2 Chainz.
Lyons has directed and produced music videos for artists including Mali Music, Too $hort ft. Dom Kennedy, E-40, Talib Kweli, Chad Hugo (The Neptunes N.E.R.D.) "Frozen Hearts". [3] Vince Staples, Common, Mahershala Ali, and Hieroglyphics.
Lyons made her directorial debut with the Hip Hop documentary Sounds of Spirit, (Common, Saul Williams, Cee-Lo, Goapele) which won Best Music Documentary at the New York International. Lyons has contributed to documentaries including Miss Representation (Oprah Winfrey Network), “And Then They Came" (George Takei), “Agents of Change” (Danny Glover), and “Waging Change” (Jane Fonda).
Lyons’s first short film stars actor Mahershala Ali, and won best film at the Link TV One Nation, Many Voices Muslim American Film Competition. Lyons produced and directed Imagine Justice with Common for his Imagine Justice organization, which is dedicated to empowering communities and fighting injustice.
Lyons' short film Looking Glass, starring Jallal, was invited to premiere at Sundance London, screening at the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, and received numerous awards at film festivals, including The American Film Awards and Top Shorts Best Female Director. Lyons was also awarded Best Director at the 7th edition of LA Indian Women Film Awards for her short film starring Hill Harper and J. Alphonse Nicholson.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Lyons to be a Guest Panelist for their Academy Gold. Lyons was a finalist for the 2022 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women. [4]
As noted in Variety in August 2022, Lyons is the director of Stand, a Showtime documentary feature based on the life of basketball star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. The documentary premiered in early 2023 and was nominated for Outstanding Long Documentary in the 45th Sports Emmy Awards in 2024. [5]
Lyons is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors. [6]
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