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Local production company JOE and director Dan Mace wipe out competition on international stage for the Shorty Impact Awards

Director Dan Mace and his Cape Town-based production company JOE bagged two international Shorty Impact Awards in Los Angeles recently; the ‘Global Impact of The Year’ and ‘Audience Honour’ Awards. Dan (who honestly could make a cube of ice go viral, if he hasn’t yet!) and JOE were recognised for their work for the Beast Philanthropy YouTube channel, where the Beast Philanthropy team, led by Darren Margolias, transformed the Baphumelele orphanage in Khayelitsha. The awarded work was for YouTube and currently stands at over 30 million views! Shut the front door!!

admin2023-12-04T15:05:09+02:00December 4th, 2023|Categories: Editorial, JOE Editorial|Tags: Dan Mace, JOE, Shorty Impact Awards|

Director Dan Mace from JOE collaborates with the most followed YouTuber in the world, Mr Beast, as new Chief Creative Officer

South African director, YouTuber and Founder of the creative production company JOE, Dan Mace, has joined forces with billionaire YouTuber, Mr Beast aka Jimmy Donaldson. According to Forbes, Donaldson is the world’s most followed person on YouTube. Dan has been appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of the Beast Philanthropy Channel on YouTube, tasked with carrying out the creative direction of the channel’s future content.

admin2023-12-04T15:06:41+02:00January 26th, 2023|Categories: Editorial, JOE Editorial|Tags: Dan Mace, JOE|

South Africa’s Dan Mace and JOE Films turn impossible ideas into reality with hit show for Warner Bros. Discovery ‘The BRU Show’

South Africa’s viral hitmaker, original-content king, and founder of JOE Films, Dan Mace, has merged YouTube and traditional TV in ‘The BRU Show’ for Warner Bros Discovery. With the show already gaining big traction internationally, we thought it’s time South Africa got the scoop on how the fairly new production company, JOE Films, produced a 12-part hit show based on impossible ideas, from beginning to post.

admin2023-01-26T11:04:36+02:00May 3rd, 2022|Categories: Editorial, JOE Editorial|Tags: Dan Mace, JOE|

Dan Mace revs up the festive season with ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ remix made from delivery bikes

When director Dan Mace and the team at JOE heard that the food delivery brand was going to be dispatching 2,500 scooter drivers of joy this festive season, they jumped at the opportunity to recreate ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ using Checkers Sixty60 scooters.

admin2023-01-26T11:04:59+02:00December 20th, 2021|Categories: Editorial, JOE Editorial|Tags: Dan Mace, JOE|