Joanna Natasegara

Joanna Natasegara is an English film producer and director and the Academy Awardwinning founder of Violet Films a Londonbased production company known for finding the political in the personal She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short for The White Helmets 2016 and received a further Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Virunga 2014 both directed by Orlando von Einsiedel her other producing credits include the Oscarnominated The Edge of Democracy the Netflix docuseries Heart of Invictus and Disneys Oscarnominated short Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó Her work has earned two Peabody Awards and over 100 award nominations in total She made her directorial debut with The Disciple which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival