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Joe Penna 
Born Jonatas Penna
May 29, 1987
São Paulo, Brazil [1]Nationality Brazilian Years active June 16, 2006–present Known for Stop motion, animation, music, and videography Notable works YouTube video series (YouTube Partner, Director) Spouse Sarah (2011 - present)[2] Internet information Web alias(es) MysteryGuitarMan, jp Web hosting service(s) YouTube Website mysteryguitarman.com Joe Penna (born May 29, 1987 in São Paulo), known online as MysteryGuitarMan, is a Brazilian guitarist, animator, and filmmaker. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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YouTube
Penna maintains a popular channel on YouTube by the name of MysteryGuitarMan. He usually uploads videos every Thursday.
In January 2011, he was the most subscribed in Brazil.[3] As of October 2011 he is the tenth most subscribed on YouTube, with over 2.1 million subscribers, and his videos have been viewed over 286 million times.[4]
On February 18, 2010, Penna started a second YouTube channel, jp, where he uploads his making-of videos and vlogs. Within 6 hours, it became the third most subscribed channel in Brazil.[1]
Press
In 2007, Penna received media coverage, including attention from DC Fox News,[5] after his "The Puzzle" video was featured on the front page of YouTube.
In 2009, Penna was again seen on the front page of YouTube with his "Guitar: Impossible" video, which has been covered by De Wereld Draait Door, the highest-rated primetime show in the Netherlands.[6] On December 6, 2009, Penna was featured on FM4, an Austrian national radio station.[7] Shortly after uploaded, his "Guitar:Impossible" video was featured on the MSN.com front page.
Best Buy announced Penna as the $15,000 winner of their Tech-U-Out Video Challenge. He was also a finalist in the "Oreo Global Moments" video competition. Ford selected Penna as a Fiesta Agent for the 2009 Ford Fiesta Movement.[8] Penna's "Guitar: Impossible" video was also featured by YouTube as one of the best videos of 2009.
In 2010, Penna's "Root Beer Mozart" was featured on CNN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade and on Germany's nationally broadcasted Taff show. Penna's collaboration with YouTubers Rhett and Link and Billy Reid for "T-Shirt War" garnered national attention.[9] Following the success of the original, Penna and the original cast were hired to produce a national television and cinema spot for Coca-Cola and McDonalds.[10]
Penna was recently highlighted by CNN Money on their Best Jobs series.[11] On June 24, Penna was selected as one of the top 10 new directors of 2010 at the 20th Cannes Lions Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase with "T-Shirt War".[12] "Guitar: Impossible" was selected for the YouTube Play Shortlist, which is a collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b "Fantástico: Brasileiro larga a medicina e ganha dinheiro fazendo vídeos no You Tube". http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL1497759-15605,00-BRASILEIRO+LARGA+A+MEDICINA+E+GANHA+DINHEIRO+FAZENDO+VIDEOS+NO+YOU+TUBE.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ Penna, Joe (August 25, 2011). "Love Story". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TssUbbN6MKI&feature=channel_video_title. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ "Most Subscribed of All Time - Brazil". http://www.youtube.com/members?t=a&p=1&s=ms&g=0&gl=BR. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ "MysteryGuitarMan's YouTube Channel". http://www.youtube.com/MysteryGuitarMan. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ "Fox 5". http://myfoxdc.com. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "De Wereld Draait Door - 31 maart 2009". http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/Video.video.0.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "FM4.ORF.at". http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1604232/. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Ford Fiesta Movement". http://www.fiestamovement.com/. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "Amazing Stop Motion T-Shirt War (VIDEO)". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/09/amazing-stop-motion-t-shi_n_455479.html. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ "T-Shirt War 2". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLoA6BpUWqQ. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "CNN Money". http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/06/04/n_bj_youtube_star.cnnmoney/. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Saatchi and Saatchi". http://www.canneslions.com/saatchinewdirectors/. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Guggenheim Museum". http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/interact/participate/youtube-play. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "CNN - YouTube search for most creative videos". http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/09/26/levs.creative.vids.cnn. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
External links
- MysteryGuitarMan YouTube Home Page
- MysteryGuitarMan's Second Channel
- Joe Penna's Website
- MysteryGuitarMan's Website
Achievements Preceded by
realannoyingorangeTop Subscribed Channel on YouTube
MysteryGuitarMan
Ranked tenth as of October 2011Succeeded by
kevjumbaCategories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Brazilian Internet personalities
- Brazilian guitarists
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