My name is Joy Ndombeson, I'm a Screenwriter and Director
I was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but my parents left when I was 1, and didn't go back until I was 10. So I grew up in a few different countries, and fast forward many years, I now live in the United States.
My love for storytelling made me gravitate towards many different things like: public speaking, Music, Dance, and eventually creating videos, which ultimately led to falling in love with film making.
Even though at the time, it just felt like I couldn't pick one thing and stick with it, I realize now how all these amazing art forms were helping me become a better storyteller. So when I stumbled into screenwriting and directed my first "very" short film, I was sold; It was love at first sight.
I remember the first time, when after spending weeks and months on a script, I saw it coming to life on a set through a cast and crew; Words just can't capture that feeling. In that moment, I knew I was doing exactly what I was put here for.
Whether it's through a movie, a song, a speech, a book, or a simple conversation; Stories move us. They touch and reshape us. I mean, all of us have a story that moved us so deeply at one point in time that we were never the same after it. And that's why I write and create stories.
I am driven by the passion to create and share stories that can move, entertain, amaze, inspire, educate, and impact the world for generations.
Unique traits: Fluent in french, English, Lingala, and Kikongo. Grew up in 11 different countries.
Captives Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Thriller A conflicted scientist pushes the moral boundaries with her experiments to find a cure and save her husband. The mutated virus she is fighting against has already infected half of the human population, turning them into the monsters called Captives.
E-Chipped Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Thriller A public librarian, remorseful for causing the death of his best friend has buried a painful secret deep inside. He must now confront his guilt and fears, while protecting his pregnant wife from the monsters created by a worldwide acclaimed procedure.
In Color Budget: $1M - $5M | Musical ⋄ Drama A mixed girl develops a strong hatred for everything that reminds her of her abusive father, including the half of her that's black. She is forced to confront the hurt from her past when a young black man who's hard to hate comes into her life.
SIMU - Short Musical Budget: $0 - $100K | Mystery ⋄ Thriller After being cheated on by his fiancee, a bitter young man decides to shut everybody out of his life; Everybody except SIMU. He now has to choose between the healing presented by the caring letters of his best friend and his dangerous self-destructive relationship with SIMU.
Captives
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Film (short)
by Independent
Screenwriter and Director A conflicted scientist pushes the moral boundaries with her experiments to find a cure and save her husband. The mutated virus she is fighting against has already infected half of the human population, turning them into the monsters called Captives.
Cheap Phones
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Film (short)
by Independent
Screenwriter and Director A social media film highlighting the monopolization and violent fights for resources in countries taken advantage of all around the world. Inspired by true events.
The Lion King (Jr. Broadway)
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Theater
by Edison High School
Choreographer and Director The Junior Broadway adaptation of the Lion King Musical.
Yoji Series
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Film (short)
by Independent
Screenwriter, Director, and Actor A visual emotion exploration of guilt, fear, loneliness, and regret... (Inspired by real event)
Fresno Pacific University
(2013-2017)