Josh Melrod is co-managing partner of L.B. Thunderpony Productions, a Vermont-based production company. He attended the MFA program for creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis and was a founding editor of the award winning literary journal the Land-Grant College Review. His work as a visual artist is included in the permanent collections of the Boston Public Library, the University of Vermont, and the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, among others. Funding for his projects has been provided by the New York State Council for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Vermont Arts Endowment, the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. As a film editor his credits include Northern Borders, starring Bruce Dern, “SKUNK” (2014 Cannes Film Festival Cinefonation winner), and most recently, The Cult of JT LeRoy. He was named among “10 Filmmakers To Watch in 2010” by The Independent. Cartoon College was his first film.