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Josh is an award-winning writer/producer and President of Panacea Entertainment, a Canadian independent film and TV production company. From 1995 to 2003, Josh was a partner at Minds Eye Entertainment and from 1990 to 1995, following a successful TV writing career in Hollywood, he served as Director of Development for Superchannel.

Long-form producing credits include Forsaken, starring Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Demi Moore (in post-production), I Think I Do, starring Mia Kirshner and Sara Canning, Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale starring Tom Green and Crispin Glover, Intern Academy starring Dan Aykroyd, Dave Thomas and Dave Foley, Dead Simple starring James Caan and Daniel Stern, Something More starring Jennifer Beals and Stranger in Town starring Harry Hamlin and Graham Greene.

Dramatic television producing credits include the series Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock (13 episodes), Myth Quest (13 episodes), 2030 CE (26 episodes), and Mentors, which he also created and the show ran (52 episodes).

Factual television credits include the series A Total Write-Off! (13 episodes) and the travel series Great Cemeteries of the World (26 episodes) as well as documentaries in a variety of genres, including true crime with Catching the Chameleon; performing arts with The Fringe: Acting Up and Belly Dance Man: From Canada to Cairo; and social and environmental issues with A Sorry State and Seeds of Change: The ECO Story.
An industry veteran, Josh has a BA in English and Drama from the University of Alberta, an MFA in Film Production from New York University, and was a Screenwriting Fellow at the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles.

Josh has earned dozens of awards for his work both as a writer and a producer but is most proud to have received the Alex Barris Mentorship Award from the Writers Guild of Canada in recognition of his commitment to mentoring emerging writers.