Joke Fincioen is a Belgian-born United States–based television producer, filmmaker, director, and

showrunner A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...

. She pronounces her first name /jōk/. Her television credits include the

VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global's networks division based in New Y ...

reality TV acting competition series ''Scream Queens'', the

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

documentary series ''Caged'',

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social experiment '' Beauty and the Geek'', and the MTV ''

True Life ''True Life'' is an American Television documentary, documentary television series that aired on MTV from March 31, 1998 to June 21, 2017. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode – "Fatal Dose". ...

'' ''Presents'' documentary feature ''Secrets, Lies, and Sex''. Her filmmaking credits include the theatrically released, feature-length documentary '' Dying to do Letterman'', which was invited by the

International Documentary Association International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Their major program areas are: Advocacy, Film ...

to qualify for Academy Award consideration. She has produced and contributed to over one-hundred hours of TV and film. Born in Belgium, she moved to the United States in 1994. She is married to

Biagio Messina Biagio Messina is an American television producer, director, showrunner, filmmaker, and actor. Background His hometown is Cleveland, Ohio. Messina graduated from Parma Senior High School, which is located near Cleveland, Ohio. While still in h ...

, her husband and business partner. They own and run Joke Productions, a production company. They blog and podcast about the entertainment industry.

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