Joke Productions, Inc. is a TV and Film production company founded and owned by wife-and-husband team Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina.  

Best known for creating and executive producing unscripted television, documentary series, true crime, and reality TV shows, some recent series from Joke Productions include "Unraveled" on Discovery+ "Deadly Recall" on Investigation Discovery, "Unmasking a Killer" on CNN/HLN, “Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne” on A&E, “Scream Queens” on VH1, and “Caged” on MTV. 

Their documentary series “Ghost Inside My Child” featured the highest rated television episode in BIO channel history, and returned for multiple seasons on LMN.  

Owners and married duo Joke and Biagio cut their teeth as Co-Executive Producers and show-runners on The CW’s “Beauty and the Geek” and earned accolades for producing, directing, and editing their theatrically released feature-length documentary “Dying to do Letterman” which was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award® consideration.

Joke Productions is currently making an unannounced new TV series that will air in the coming months on a major cable network.

In an effort to meet and team-up with aspiring filmmakers and producers, Joke & Biagio run a podcast on making documentary series and unscripted television called "Producing Unscripted" and encourage listeners to pitch them projects. Investigation Discovery's DEADLY RECALL, MTV's CAGED and LMN's GHOST INSIDE MY CHILD came from this kind of outreachThe podcast can be found at 

https://producingunscripted.com

Producing Unscripted currently has over 100 episodes on topics including developing, pitching, and making unscripted film and television. It also includes guest interviews with industry professionals, and was named "Site of the week" by Script Magazine. To learn how we work with talent of all levels, see Joke Productions: Embracing New Filmmakers & Talent:

https://producingunscripted.com/joke-productions/

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