Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic is a British documentary film presented by Louis Theroux. It was released on 5 April 2021 on BBC Two. The documentary, centred on former zoo owner and convicted felon Joe Exotic, looks back at unseen footage from Theroux's previous documentary that featured Exotic, America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011), and also features Theroux interviewing other people associated with Exotic, including his legal team, former colleagues, his estranged brother and niece, and Howard and Carole Baskin.^[1]

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
Genre	Documentary film
Directed by	Jack Rampling
Starring	Louis Theroux Joe Exotic Carole Baskin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Arron Fellows
Producers	Emma Whitehead Cath Boggan
Production location	United States
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Mindhouse Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	5 April 2021 (2021-04-05)
Related
America's Most Dangerous Pets

Production

On 16 March 2021, it was announced that Louis Theroux had filmed a follow-up to his 2011 documentary film America's Most Dangerous Pets. Theroux traveled to Oklahoma to speak to a team trying to get Joe Exotic out of prison, and spoke to friends and family of Exotic's who haven't spoken on camera before.^[1][2][3] He also spoke to Howard and Carole Baskin.^[4][5]

The documentary film is directed by Jack Rampling, produced by Emma Whitehead and Cath Boggan, and executive produced by Arron Fellows for Theroux's Mindhouse Productions.^[1]