Documentary filmmaker · Melbourne
Josh Janssen
I make documentaries and put them straight in front of audiences.
Director of In Guns We Trust (2026 documentary). Free on YouTube 22 October 2026.
00 / Now
Now
Launching In Guns We Trust free on YouTube on 22 October, then helping people screen it together. Mentoring filmmakers with BigFam. Full Stack Films is taking on new work.
01 / INT. IN GUNS WE TRUST
What happens when you ask Americans about guns,and actually listen?
Two Australians who had never fired a gun cross America to hear the people behind its most divided debate.
So they fly to the United States with cameras and a rule: no side, no agenda, just conversations.
Free on YouTube, 22 October 2026.
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Rethink Films presents, in association with Full Stack Films.
02 / About
Long-form storiesabout people.
Josh Janssen is a Melbourne-based documentary filmmaker and the founder of Full Stack Films, with more than 20 years in film and video. He directed In Guns We Trust (2026 documentary).
That's the formal bit. Here's me: a generalist who directs, edits, picks up the camera when nobody else is free, and builds his own tools on the side.
03 / Work
Made withFull Stack Films.
Full Stack Films is my Melbourne video production company, founded in 2016 and run with producer Breana Phillips: documentaries, branded content and video podcasts.
Now: In Guns We Trust (2026 documentary), and Full Stack Films' documentaries, branded content and video podcasts, including Matt D'Avella's Melbourne shoots in 2025.
Twenty years of putting work straight in front of audiences, from a daily video podcast to films released free on YouTube.
The workWork with Full Stack FilmsIMDb
05 / Contact