Director
Josh Janssen has been in the video production industry for over 20 years. How?! Did he start when he was 14 years old? Actually... yes.
Josh started freelancing in 2004 as a video editor, before being the youngest student to attend the Victorian College of the Arts Film & Television Foundations course in 2007. The next year, he took on part-time work as a tutor at The University of Melbourne (VCA).
In 2008 he launched his first video production company, Mediaflex, and helped brands navigate the new world of social media; serving clients including Shane Jacobson, Bonhams and Goodman, and The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
He has a deep understanding of brand and an empathy for the challenges internal marketing teams face, having worked in Government (Metropolitan Fire Brigade), Media (Southern Cross Austereo) and Technology (Envato).In recent years, he's filmed technology case study videos in over a dozen countries and pioneered video podcast production in Australia, with his podcast The Daily Talk Show.
Josh's skillset encapsulates the ethos of what it means to be 'Full Stack'. Having worked as a Cinematographer, Editor, Director and Communications Professional, he brings all of his knowledge and experience of twenty years to help create work that is strategic and creative.
In Guns We Trust
Josh's feature directing debut
In Guns We Trust is Josh's feature directing debut, and it's out now. Two Australian mates, Josh and Tommy Jackett, from a country with almost no guns, travel across America to ask the people who live with them what they really think, and then actually listen.
From a Route 91 survivor to the most armed man in America, a Texas sheriff to the former FBI agent who built the Bureau's active shooter program, the film meets every side of the loudest debate in the country. It doesn't take one itself. It's warm, it's funny, and at times it's hard to watch.
And it's free. No paywall, no subscription: the full film is on YouTube, worldwide, from 23 October 2026. Press play above, or watch it on YouTube.
Directed by Josh Janssen. Rethink Films presents, in association with Full Stack Films.