Joel Ashton McCarthy
Joel Ashton McCarthy is a Canadian film director.[1][2]
Career[edit]
McCarthy's debut feature, the documentary Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014), successfully crowdfunded $10,000 and won multiple awards. In 2016, McCarthy won a Leo Award for directing the Crazy8s short film I Love You So Much It's Killing Them.[3] In 2017, he was nominated for a Gotham Award for his series, Inconceivable, which won $50,000 from Telus Storyhive.[4]
McCarthy later founded and ran the Vancouver 48-hour Run N Gun film competition.[5]
Selected filmography[edit]
As director[edit]
- Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
- Shooting the Musical (2014)
- I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016, for Crazy8s)
- Inconceivable (2016-2017)
- I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ Furminger, Sabrina. "Five Vancouver indie filmmakers who've got us excited about #BCFilm". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "NIC Talks – Special Guest JOEL ASHTON MCCARTHY!". New Image. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ mdoagad. "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them: Joel Ashton McCarthy". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Nair, Roshini. "Vancouver odd couple spins comedic gold out of unexpected pregnancy". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ WANGERSKY, NICK. "Run N Gun 2022 – A night filled with Whopping Scoops of Strange stuff and Whooping Groups of Film folks". Hollywood North Magazine. Retrieved 15 August 2022.