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Joel Ashton McCarthy

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
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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 total

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    Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
    After Film School
    8.1
    • Director
    • 2014
    Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
    Inconceivable
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
    Taking My Parents to Burning Man
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2014
    Alex Duncan in I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
    I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Director

    • Jamie Davis in Highway Thru Hell (2012)
      Highway Thru Hell
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023–2025
    • SlashFM (2022)
      SlashFM
      5.5
      • Director (segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them")
      • 2022
    • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Alfred Hitchcock in I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
      I Am Alfred Hitchcock
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Distance (2019)
      Distance
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
      Run N Gun 2019
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2019
    • Brianna Wiens and Brynn Peebles in Girls vs. The City (2016)
      Girls vs. The City
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
      Inconceivable
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Bowie River McCarthy in Fathers and Son (2016)
      Fathers and Son
      7.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Alex Duncan in I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
      I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 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
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Average Dicks (2015)
      Average Dicks
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
      After Film School
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Taking My Parents to Burning Man (2014)
      Taking My Parents to Burning Man
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Let's Toke About It: The Mothers Story
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014

    Actor

    • Free Movies
      • Dad on Street
      • Post-production
    • Alexis Hope in Easybake (2024)
      Easybake
      Short
      • Homeroom Teacher (voice)
      • 2024
    • School Play
      Short
      • 2023
    • SlashFM (2022)
      SlashFM
      5.5
      • Sullivan (segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them")
      • 2022
    • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
      Short
      • Rapper
      • 2022
    • Saúl Osorio in Hello! Virtual Reality! (2019)
      Hello! Virtual Reality!
      Short
      • Bob
      • 2019
    • Kolakucoa (2019)
      Kolakucoa
      TV Series
      • Damian (voice)
      • 2019
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
      Run N Gun 2019
      Short
      • Joel
      • Co-host
      • 2019
    • Labyrinth Life (2019)
      Labyrinth Life
      Short
      • Ferris
      • 2019
    • Little Oliver (2018)
      Little Oliver
      Short
      • Playground Parent
      • 2018
    • Katie Stuart and Alex Duncan in AutoMate (2018)
      AutoMate
      5.9
      Short
      • Carol's Auto
      • Mate match
      • 2018
    • Alex Duncan in I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
      I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
      7.0
      Short
      • Sullivan
      • 2016
    • Average Dicks (2015)
      Average Dicks
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Pastor Cody
      • 2015
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
      After Film School
      8.1
      • Henry Forrester
      • 2014
    • Beautiful Dreamer
      Short
      • Cross-dresser
      • 2013
    • Goodbye
      9.6
      Short
      • Joel
      • 2012

    Writer

    • SlashFM (2022)
      SlashFM
      5.5
      • Writer (segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them")
      • 2022
    • Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
      Short
      • writer
      • 2022
    • Alfred Hitchcock in I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
      I Am Alfred Hitchcock
      7.4
      • writer
      • 2021
    • Distance (2019)
      Distance
      Short
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy and Gigi Saul Guerrero in Run N Gun 2019 (2019)
      Run N Gun 2019
      Short
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Katie Stuart, Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Chantelle Naude, Mike Doaga, and Shawn Richard in Inconceivable (2016)
      Inconceivable
      8.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2016–2017
    • Bowie River McCarthy in Fathers and Son (2016)
      Fathers and Son
      7.5
      Short
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Alex Duncan in I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016)
      I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
      7.0
      Short
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Average Dicks (2015)
      Average Dicks
      7.0
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bruce Novakowski, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Rory W. Tucker in After Film School (2014)
      After Film School
      8.1
      • story by
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Let's Toke About It: The Mothers Story
      Short
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Beautiful Dreamer
      Short
      • written by
      • 2013
    • Goodbye
      9.6
      Short
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Why Does God Hate Me? (2011)
      Why Does God Hate Me?
      7.1
      Short
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Shevil (the Girlfriend from Hell) (2010)
      Shevil (the Girlfriend from Hell)
      6.3
      Short
      • written by
      • 2010

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    Taking My Parents to Burning Man
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    Taking My Parents to Burning Man

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Joel McCarthy
    • Children
      • Bowie River McCarthy
    • Parents
        Vance McCarthy

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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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