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.”

Link to full interview: https://voyagela.com/interview/conversations-with-josh-vanbatenburg/