Joel Soh

Joel Soh (born 16 August 1987) is a Malaysian film producer and director. He is a founder and managing director of his own company, Blackflag and the only producer for Polis Evo franchise since its debut in 2015. The films he produced have a combined box office over RM95 million, making him become one of the highest grossing producers in Malaysia, with Polis Evo 3 collecting RM54 million.

Early life
Joel was born in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu and raised in Puchong, Selangor. He moved to Selangor in 2005, age 18 to continue pursue his studies at the National Cultural Arts and Heritage Academy (ASWARA), a performing arts school owned by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, where he studied filmmaking in a brief period. He later moved to Taylor's University to studied Cambridge A-Level. After received scholarship from Astro, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts for pursue Bachelor's Degree in film and video production at Emerson College for three years.

After graduated, he returned to Malaysia and joined Astro Shaw and Tayangan Unggul as associate producer and production executive as part of the deal from the scholarship program.