Joseph Cortina

Joseph is a founding partner of Cortina Productions and provides media experience design and visual and story creative direction. With nearly 40 years of experience and five National EMMY Awards, Joseph has established himself as a true industry pioneer. Cortina excels in the media industry with an innate sense of how to bring his client’s visions to life. Recently, Joseph led the team for “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies” at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and worked with World Heritage Exhibitions on two traveling exhibitions, “Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru” and “Ramses The Great and The Gold of the Pharaohs.”

In 2018, Joseph was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, which recognizes media professionals who have made outstanding long-term contributions in the field of communications. Cortina is also an exhibiting painter and media artist. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts in Richmond, VA, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking.