Conversations with Josh VanBatenburg
Joshua VanBatenburg Joshua VanBatenburg

Conversations with Josh VanBatenburg

Interview Voyage LA (September, 2026)

If you were to tell my 19 year-old self that I would be making movies with my friends. I would have absolutely no clue what the heck you were talking about, and think you’d be completely lying… that, or a stranger that knows what too much about my dreams and what I want to do. It all started when I was an 11-year-old kid watching Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol with my mom, and at the end of the film I told my mom, “I want to do that”
Now, at the time I was talking about being a spy. But my mom quickly shot down that idea. A few weeks later, I asked for a camcorder for my birthday, after my parents were so generous to get me one.
My friends and I started making short films in my backyard, living room, in the middle of the woods, wherever our minds came up with ideas.

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Meet Josh VanBatenburg
Joshua VanBatenburg Joshua VanBatenburg

Meet Josh VanBatenburg

Interview with Canvas Rebel (October, 2023)

For those who don’t know me, I always say “I produce” or “I make content online.” Saying I produce a lot more often now because I’m doing a lot more of that, but I really do enjoy it. I fell in love with the concept of coming up with something and putting it on screen, after seeing “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when I was 11 years old. I wanted to be a spy so badly, but I knew it was fake, so I said, “I’ll just make a movie about a spy and put myself in it.” For the next 4 to 5 years, I made mini-short films with my friends, really about anything, action shorts, sci-fi type stuff, skating movies, and of course spy shorts.

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Meet Josh VanBatenburg: Sketch Comedian/YouTuber
Joshua VanBatenburg Joshua VanBatenburg

Meet Josh VanBatenburg: Sketch Comedian/YouTuber

Interview with Shoutout LA (June, 2021)

Hi Josh, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
Honestly, I don’t think I’d be where I am today without taking risks. Wanting to go into the social media space, and having that dream of wanting to be an “influencer” or even work behind the scenes in that creative space, I knew I had to be out here in LA for that.

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