Joy Gorman Wettels


Joy Gorman Wettels is an American television producer and partner at American Entertainment Company Anonymous Content. She is the executive producer of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and the Apple series Home Before Dark.

Early life

Gorman Wettels grew up in Yonkers, New York. She enrolled at Barnard College at Columbia University and joined the college's revue The Varsity Show. After spending her post-college years working in casting and development, Gorman became a manager in 2002, with two young clients, Dana Fox, and Brian Yorkey whom she had met through The Varsity Show:

Career

Gorman Wettels is a partner at Anonymous Content and executive producer of the Netflix/Paramount series 13 Reasons Why, and is featured in the after show Beyond the Reasons. Gorman is also the producer of the Apple/Paramount TV series, Home Before Dark, inspired by the life of Hilde Lysiak, a 9-year-old investigative journalist. She developed the show from inception with Dana Fox, Dara Resnik, and Jon M. Chu, who directed.
Gorman Wettels has also produced The Meddler for Sony Pictures Classics, and Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World for Focus Features. Gorman produced the documentary This is Personal which premiered at Sundance in 2019. Produced with Rebecca Walker, it is a portrait of intersectional feminism starting at the 2017 Women's March.
Gorman Wettels is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.

Awards

13 Reasons Why received 2018 Television Academy Honors for advancing social change. On behalf of the 13 Reasons Why team, she's accepted a Sentinel Award, Television Academy Honors and the 2018 Mental Health America Media Award. Joy has been awarded The American Legion Hollywood Post 43 Patriot Award, for service to veterans and Hollywood.

Filmography

TitleYearRole
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World2012Producer
Adult World2013Producer
The Meddler2015Producer
13 Reasons Why2017–2020Executive Producer
This is Personal2019Producer
Home Before Dark2020–presentExecutive Producer
I'll Be The OneUpcomingExecutive Producer
Untitled Elaine Welteroth ProjectUpcomingExecutive Producer
WifeyUpcomingExecutive Producer
OverlookedUpcomingExecutive Producer