Joel C. High

Over the last decade, Joel C. High created and supervised the music departments for two of the leading independent studios in the industry: Trimark Pictures and Lionsgate Entertainment. He built the publishing catalog for both companies and started the boutique label Lions Gate Records. In addition, he oversaw the music for the growing Television group at Lionsgate, including the Golden Globe-winning series Weeds.

Joel is the music executive behind such films as Saw, Girl with a Pearl Earring and the Leonard Cohen documentary I'm Your Man. He oversaw Lionsgate's first Academy Award nomination, in the Original Song category, for Best Picture winner Crash. Recently, Joel was the music supervisor for Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, as well as Peaceful Warrior, In the Mix starring Usher, Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, Akeelah and the Bee and Strangers with Candy. Joel is currently the principal executive at Creative Control Entertainment, a multi-faceted music supervision and consultation company, with diverse clients ranging from independent studios to international governments.