About Joel Ashton McCarthy
Joel Ashton McCarthy was a screenwriter, film director and writer.
Joel Ashton McCarthy is a Canadian film director.
Career 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. In 2017, he was nominated for a Gotham Award for his series, Inconceivable, which won $50,000 from Telus Storyhive.
McCarthy later founded and ran the Vancouver 48-hour Run N Gun film competition.
Selected filmography
As director
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)
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