Joel Ashton McCarthy

Director
Writer
Actor

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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

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Known for

After Film School

8.0

Director

2014

Taking My Parents to Burning Man

6.5

Director

2014

I Love You So Much It's Killing Them

7.0

Short

Director

2016

Inconceivable

8.8

TV Series

Director

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Director

Highway Thru Hell
7.9
TV Series
- Director
- 2023–2024
SlashFM
5.4
- Director (segment I Love You So Much It's Killing Them)
- 2022
Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
Short
- Director
- 2022
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
7.4
- Director
- 2021
Distance
Short
- Director
- 2019
Run N Gun 2019
Short
- co-director
- 2019
Girls vs. The City
8.0
TV Series
- Director
- 2018
Inconceivable
8.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2016–2017
Fathers and Son
7.6
Short
- Director
- 2016
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
7.0
Short
- Director
- 2016
Almost Actors
6.0
TV Series
- Director
- 2016
Average Dicks
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 2015
After Film School
8.0
- Director
- 2014
Taking My Parents to Burning Man
6.5
- Director
- 2014
Let's Toke About It: The Mothers Story
Short
- Director
- 2014

Writer

SlashFM
5.4
- Writer (segment I Love You So Much It's Killing Them)
- 2022
Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
Short
- writer
- 2022
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
7.4
- writer
- 2021
Distance
Short
- written by
- 2019
Run N Gun 2019
Short
- written by
- 2019
Inconceivable
8.8
TV Series
- Writer
- 2016–2017
Fathers and Son
7.6
Short
- written by
- 2016
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
7.0
Short
- written by
- 2016
Average Dicks
7.0
TV Series
- created by
- written by
- 2015
After Film School
8.0
- 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?
7.1
Short
- written by
- 2011
Shevil (the Girlfriend from Hell)
6.3
Short
- written by
- 2010

Actor

School Play
Short
- 2023
SlashFM
5.4
- Sullivan (segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them")
- 2022
Run N Gun 2022: Intro Video
Short
- Rapper
- 2022
Hello! Virtual Reality!
Short
- Bob
- 2019
Kolakucoa
TV Series
- Damian (voice)
- 2019
Run N Gun 2019
Short
- Joel
- Co-host
- 2019
Labyrinth Life
Short
- Ferris
- 2019
Little Oliver
Short
- Playground Parent
- 2018
AutoMate
6.1
Short
- Carol's Auto
- Mate match
- 2018
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them
7.0
Short
- Sullivan
- 2016
Average Dicks
7.0
TV Series
- Pastor Cody
- 2015
After Film School
8.0
- Henry Forrester
- 2014
Beautiful Dreamer
Short
- Cross-dresser
- 2013
Goodbye
9.6
Short
- Joel
- 2012
Choose Your Victim
6.2
TV Mini Series
- The Boom Op
- 2012

Quotes
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.