About us

Asterlight is an independent production company developing nonfiction and scripted projects grounded in vivid characters, histories and settings across all platforms including documentaries, narrative films, scripted series, and podcasts. Asterlight develops projects and invests in intellectual property and directors committed to unexpected points-of-view, cutting-edge approaches, and long-term connections to the worlds being featured. Based in San Francisco, Asterlight was founded in 2019 by Joe Poletto, who is also the founder of Indie Global, a media, advertising and technology company.

Recent Asterlight productions include The American Sector, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020, and was named one of “The Best Movies of 2020” by Richard Brody in The New Yorker.