About me
Joe Yaggi – Executive Producer, Producer, Production Manager
Joe Yaggi is the founder, executive producer, and senior project manager of Jungle Run Productions and BumiHijau Media based in Indonesia since 1993. Joe came to Indonesia as an extreme sports cameraman and progressed his team into social/environment communications and international broadcast television and film production. Over the past few decades Joe and his team at Jungle Run have been fortunate to work with the world’s premiere broadcasters from the pristine jungles of Papua to the concrete jungles of Jakarta. Here is a very short list of some notable projects they’ve worked: 😎
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Primetime Emmy – Outstanding Informational Series or Special
Local Producers, Production & Locations Management
Home: Apple TV+
Daytime Emmy Nominations – Season 2: Five nominations including Outstanding Directing Non-Fiction, Outstanding Cinematography, Outstanding Single-Camera Editing, Outstanding Musical Direction and Composition.
Local Producers, Production & Location Management, Local Crew S.2 E.8
Living Planet with Sir David Attenborough
Primetime Emmy – Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series
Online Short – Raja Ampat MPA Fishermen - Field Producers & Production Team
Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project
Cannes Silver Lion – International Festival of Creativity
Indonesia Segment Director, Production Team
The Ghost Fleet
News & Documentary Emmy nomination Outstanding Cinematography 2020, John Schlesinger Award, Palm Springs International FF, Spirit of Activism Award, Wild and Scenic Environment FF and more.
Locations, Production Management
One Strange Rock with Will Smith
Earth & Sky Award: Jackson Hole Science and Media Awards. WildScreen FF: Innovation, Editing, Music
Locations, Production Coordinator, Camera Crew, Drone Ops & Dive Support
BBC Planet Earth 2 with Sir David Attenborough
BAFTA – Specialist Factual Primetime Creative Emmy 2015: Outstanding Documentary
Production and Location Management
And some of our more recent clients include:
PostCard from Earth, Darren Aronofsky (2022/23): MSG Sphere, MSG Entertainment
Indonesia Unit Local Producer, production services.
Beyond Belief with David Blaine (2023): Imagine Docs, Ron Howard for Nat Geo.
Local Producers, Production Services, Local Crew.
Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2021-2022): Netflix, Beach House Pictures.
Field Producer, Full Local Crew (Trailer on Netflix Indonesia YouTube page topped 21 million views)
Orangutan People of the Forest (2021-23): Netflix, Silverback feature doc.
Production Services & crew.
Joanna Lumley’s Spice Adventure (2022): Burning Bright for ITV.
Local producers and Production Services
Ticket to Paradise (2022): NBC Universal & Indochina Productions.
Bali plates and production permitting, liaison & local umbrella
Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted (2020). Nat Geo TV.
Production Services, Location Managers, Drone & Crew.
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2018): NBC/E!.
Local Producers, Location Mgr, Prod Svcs, Drone