- "Way, way back in 2008 I was home from school for a few weeks when I caught an ad for a national BattleBots competition happening in Miami. BattleBots was one of my favorite shows growing up, so my mind was blown when checked it out and found out that even though the show ended, the competitions were still happening."
- — Joey Daoud in July 2015[1]
Joey Daoud (born September 28, 1987[2]) is an American media producer who served as a referee for BattleBots IQ 2010.[3] He also notably directed the documentary Bots High, which covered the event and followed several of its Miami-based high school robotics teams My Mechanical Romance and Mechanical Misfits, both of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, as well as Ransom Everglades Robotics.
His involvement in the production of Bots High originated with being a fan of the original Comedy Central BattleBots show. On top of his roles, he also interviewed several team members for the documentary.
Outside BattleBots[]
Based in Miami, Florida, Daoud graduated from Florida State University, venturing into production and directing during those years. Around this time, he was also contributing to the Miami New Times. Nowadays, he is an award-winning film-maker whose documentary Strike: The Greatest Bowling Story of Ever Told was the inaugural film on The New York Times 'Made with Kickstarter' series of documentaries.
Daoud also founded New Territory Media in 2009, which is a creative studio offering a variety of video production services. According to IMDb, his work dates back as far as 2004, when he directed the 7-minute short film Inexplicable. He has since worked on Papa Machete (2014), Screwball (2018) and The Last Resort (2018) and more recently, Cinema Synthetica and Skillet & The Jetport Diner (both 2024). Having relocated to Los Angeles, Daoud also co-hosts the Denoised podcast and founded VP Land in 2024.