We had the good fortune of connecting with Josh Mitchell and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Josh, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
I live by the mantra: good things come to those who initiate not wait. I don’t knock on random doors — I knock doors down. I’ve learned to listen because the slightest opportunity sometimes knocks very softy. I try to remember that the present will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a divine moment. I guess it’s like the great New York rapper Nas says “I never sleep ’cause sleep is the cousin of death.”

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
My professional pilgrimage started over 15 years ago when I made a zombie action film called “Roid Rage” in Boston and traveled out to the Sundance Film Festival to promote it. I learned how to navigate the festival circuit and network with the biggest trailblazers in the indie film world. That experience led me to launch a PR company and I now represent a wide range of talented filmmakers from across the world. My niche is securing interview opportunities, pitching projects to streaming, and encouraging working synergy and creative collaboration.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
In Echo Park, Chef Diego Argoti has crushed the culinary game by breathing new life into beloved barcade Button Mash with Poltergeist, a small plates-driven concept with insane dishes. Separated into small, medium, and large plates, the menu’s influences are all over the place: Mediterranean, Italian, American, Southeast Asian, Latin American, and European flavors meld together in unexpected fashion. You’ll find a mapo tofu stuffed cabbage, a green curry bucatino, and my favorite, a Thai Caesar salad with lemongrass. Riddled with the nostalgic video games from my youth like Pac-Man, Poltergeist is both a sinister excursion and a kick in the tush to ‘90s fusion cuisine.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to thank my mother Susan for leaving the biography of Henry Miller on our book shelf for me to find. It stirred a monster inside and created a lifetime pursuit of raw truth and creative energy.

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Image Credits
Gwyn Shovelski

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