Joke Fincioen

Joke Fincioen is a Belgian-born United States–based television producer, filmmaker, director, and showrunner. She pronounces her first name /jōk/.{{cite news|last1=Simakis|first1=Andrea|title='Scream Queens' helps Parma native make it big in Hollywood|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2010/10/scream_queens_helps_parma_nati.html|access-date=28 January 2016|work=The Plain Dealer|date=10 October 2010}} Her television credits include the VH1 reality TV acting competition series Scream Queens,{{cite news|last1=Nordyke|first1=Kimberly|title=Reality series looks to cast actress in horror film|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vh1-greenlights-scream-queens-113391|access-date=January 28, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=8 June 2008}} the MTV documentary series Caged,{{cite news|last1=Levine|first1=Stuart|title=New series on teens who engage in MMA begins Jan. 9|url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/mtv-sets-debut-date-for-caged-1118046857|access-date=28 January 2016|work=Variety|date=1 December 2011}} The CW social experiment Beauty and the Geek, and the MTV True Life Presents documentary feature Secrets, Lies, and Sex.{{cite web|title=True Life Presents: Secrets, Lies, and Sex|url=http://jokeproductions.com/true-life-presents-secrets-lies-and-sex|website=Joke Productions|date=11 June 2013 |access-date=28 January 2016}}

Her filmmaking credits include the theatrically released, feature-length documentary Dying to do Letterman, which was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award consideration.{{cite news|title=The 21 Secrets to the Success of the Kickstarter Oscar Campaign|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/the_21_secrets_to_the_success_of_the_kickstarter_oscar_campaign|access-date=15 January 2016|work=Indiewire|date=11 July 2011}} She has produced and contributed to over one-hundred hours of TV and film.{{cite web|title=About Joke Productions|url=http://jokeproductions.com/about/|website=Joke Productions|access-date=28 January 2016}}

Born in Belgium, she moved to the United States in 1994.{{cite news|last1=Mills|first1=Ted|title=Joke Is Serious : Former SBCC student now runs scary Reality TV for VH-1|work=Santa Barbara News-Press|date=31 October 2008}} She is married to Biagio Messina, her husband and business partner.{{cite news|last1=Cunningham|first1=Hugh|title=Dying to Make "Dying to do Letterman"|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/producing/articles-producing/dying-to-do-letterman-steve-mazan-kickstarter-20110713/|access-date=28 January 2016|work=MovieMaker Magazine|date=19 July 2011}} They own and run Joke Productions, a production company. They blog and podcast about the entertainment industry.{{cite book|author=Gervich Chad|title=How to Manage Your Agent: A Writer's Guide to Hollywood Representation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykI3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT343|date=26 November 2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-136-07093-8|pages=343, 366}}{{cite news|last1=Karlin|first1=Susan|title=How Andrew Mayne uses magic to tell stories—and screw with people at the same time|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3024669/how-andrew-mayne-uses-magic-to-tell-stories-and-screw-with-people-at-the-same-time|access-date=28 January 2016}}