An award winning Producer highly regarded for aligning with startups, celebrities, educational institutions, high profile brands, and nonprofits to build award-winning media companies. Known as an innovative leader who flawlessly orchestrates the generation of outstanding content, which consistently achieves mainstream and commercial appeal. Sought for cross-functional expertise in filmmaking, social media management, strategic business planning, audience growth initiatives, and more. Bayan is an out-of-the-box, inventive thinker who is fluent in content creation and champions extraordinary solutions to complex client requirements and nuanced market demands. Bayan is best known for partnering with actor Rainn Wilson to translate SoulPancake's mission into digital video. As Head of Production for SoulPancake between 2012 - 2018, Bayan led the development and creation of award-winning original programming such as SoulPancake on OWN, Kid President, and My Last Days, which led to nearly a billion views, multi-season television franchises, and acquisition by Participant Media in 2016. Prior to SoulPancake, Bayan provided weekly content for Jay-Z's digital media enterprise Life + Times and was a producer for the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C where he helped restructure the organization's online content workflow. Bayan earned a B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts with a minor in Art History at Ithaca College in New York, and prior to that attended Idyllwild Arts Academy, where he studied cinematography.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, director and writer, also actor
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Bayan Joonam's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bayan Joonam's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bayan Joonam's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
QAnon: The Search for Q(2021)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
16 and Recovering(2020)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2020 to 2026.
Who does Bayan Joonam work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bayan Joonam's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marlowe Blue shares the most, 3.
Editors
- Duncan DickersonShared titles: Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero (2026), QAnon: The Search for Q (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Duncan Dickerson
Producers
- Marlowe BlueShared titles: Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero (2026), Magic City: An American Fantasy (2024), QAnon: The Search for Q (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Marlowe Blue
- Claire ChubbuckShared titles: Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero (2026), QAnon: The Search for Q (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Claire Chubbuck
- Jami GertzShared titles: Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero (2026), Magic City: An American Fantasy (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jami Gertz
- Devin AmarShared titles: Magic City: An American Fantasy (2024), 16 and Recovering (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Devin Amar