Jonathan Hock is an 11-time Emmy Award winning documentarian. After a decade at NFL Films, Hock left to start his own independent production company specializing in sports documentaries. “Through the Fire” was the first independent film from Hock Films, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005 and becoming the first documentary ever acquired by ESPN.

Hock then became a member of the original class of directors for ESPN’s Emmy and Peabody Award winning “30 For 30” series. Outside the 30 For 30 universe, Hock has directed award-winning documentaries for the Farrelly brothers, Thomas Tull, and Time/Sports Illustrated. Hock also directed the four-part documentary series “72 – A Gathering of Champions,” which premiered on Peacock in September 2022 and was nominated for an Emmy.

With Words + Pictures, Hock is directing two documentary series: “The Struggle and the Power” (the story of race, sports, and society, featuring Dr. Harry Edwards and co-directed with Bradford Young), and “The Yankees Win” (the story of the New York Yankees). “Open Heart,” the sixth documentary of Hock’s to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, will debut on Netflix in the spring of 2024.

Beyond his Emmys and other awards, Hock has won NAMIC and NAACP awards for multi-ethnic programming in South Africa and Cuba, and the inaugural Steve Sabol award from NFL Films for a lifetime of storytelling.