Pretended to be a student at UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State University for over two years in order to use the school's editing and sound facilities during post-production of Raging Cyclist (2005).
Born in Hong Kong. He came to The United States when he was four years old.
His heritage is made up of New Zealander, Filipino, Irish, Spanish, Chinese, and Malaysian.
During his high school days, McCarthy made a feature film on hi 8 for $1800 and edited it together on two VCRs.
Worked at a video store for three years in high school to get free rentals and study the techniques of numerous filmmakers from around the world.