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Joel Ashton McCarthy

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Joel is a multi-award winning director/writer who just completed three feature film, multiple short films, documentaries and two award winning web-series'. Joel's most known for his feature films 'Taking My Parents to Burning Man' (feature documentary) & 'Shooting the Musical' (controversial comedic film) as well as his semi-autobiographical web-series 'Inconceivable', nominated for the very prestigious Gotham Independent Film Award for 'Breakout Short Series. Joel's most recent feature documentary is on the life and films of Alfred Hitchcock as he works as a film school teacher in Vancouver.
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  • Awards
    • 22 wins & 11 nominations

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Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)

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Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
After Film School
7.9
  • Director
  • 2014
Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
Taking My Parents to Burning Man
6.4
  • Director
  • 2014
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
7.1
Short
  • Director
  • 2016
Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
Inconceivable
8.9
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • SlashFM (2022)
    SlashFM
    • Director (segment I Love You So Much It's Killing Them)
    • 2022
  • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Alfred Hitchcock in I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
    I Am Alfred Hitchcock
    • Director
    • 2021
  • Distance (2019)
    Distance
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
    Run N Gun 2019
    • co-director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Brianna Wiens and Brynn Peebles in Girls vs. The City (2016)
    Girls vs. The City
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
    Inconceivable
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Bowie River McCarthy in Fathers and Son (2016)
    Fathers and Son
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
    I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Julian LeBlanc, Matt Mazur, Athena Russell, Robyn Westcott, Mark Anthony Pariñas, Tiarra Sulyk, Ben Groulx, Meaghan Hommy, and Cody Wilson in Almost Actors (2015)
    Almost Actors
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Average Dicks (2015)
    Average Dicks
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
    After Film School
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
    Taking My Parents to Burning Man
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Let's Toke About It: The Mothers Story
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • John Simon
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013

Writer

  • SlashFM (2022)
    SlashFM
    • Writer (segment I Love You So Much It's Killing Them)
    • 2022
  • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Alfred Hitchcock in I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
    I Am Alfred Hitchcock
    • writer
    • 2021
  • Distance (2019)
    Distance
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
    Run N Gun 2019
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
    Inconceivable
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Bowie River McCarthy in Fathers and Son (2016)
    Fathers and Son
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2016
  • I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
    I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Average Dicks (2015)
    Average Dicks
    • written by
    • created by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
    After Film School
    • story by
    • written by
    • 2014
  • Let's Toke About It: The Mothers Story
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Beautiful Dreamer
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Goodbye
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Why Does God Hate Me? (2011)
    Why Does God Hate Me?
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Shevil (the Girlfriend from Hell) (2010)
    Shevil (the Girlfriend from Hell)
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2010

Actor

  • Hello! Virtual Reality!
    • Bob
    • Completed
    • Short
    • 2019
  • SlashFM (2022)
    SlashFM
    • Sullivan (segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them")
    • 2022
  • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
    • Rapper
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Kolakucoa (2019)
    Kolakucoa
    • Damian (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
    Run N Gun 2019
    • Joel
    • Co-host
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Labyrinth Life (2019)
    Labyrinth Life
    • Ferris
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Little Oliver (2018)
    Little Oliver
    • Playground Parent
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Katie Stuart and Alex Duncan in Auto/Mate (2018)
    Auto/Mate
    • Carol's Auto
    • Mate match
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Katie Stuart and Alex Duncan in AutoMate (2018)
    AutoMate
    • Carol's match
    • Short
    • 2018
  • I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
    I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
    • Sullivan
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Average Dicks (2015)
    Average Dicks
    • Pastor Cody
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
    After Film School
    • Henry Forrester
    • 2014
  • Beautiful Dreamer
    • Cross-dresser
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Goodbye
    • Joel
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Choose Your Victim (2012)
    Choose Your Victim
    • The Boom Op
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2012
  • Wake Up Call
    • Sean
    • Short
    • 2011

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    The worst thing you can do to an audience is to make them bored. You can make them laugh, make them cry, challenge them, or offend them but if you make boring content you are creating the biggest cinematic crime. So don't feel you have to make safe content, there is too much of that shit out there. Stand out from the crowd.

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