Joel Haver

Joel Haver (born February 13, 1996) is a Canadian-American YouTuber and filmmaker, best known for his rotoscoped skits and low-budget feature-length films. Haver typically plays multiple roles in acting and production–most notably in a 12 movie anthology released throughout 2024. He has worked in film, voice-over, and TV productions, recently voicing the character Waterboy in the 2025 video game Dispatch.

Life and career Haver was born to Canadian parents on February 13, 1996, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. He grew up in Belchertown, Massachusetts, and has an older brother. Haver studied film at the Pratt Institute in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in filmmaking in 2018.

Haver produces comedy sketches and independent films, frequently using rotoscoped animation, a form of animation created by tracing on top of filmed footage. His films are known for their low-budget style, with Haver typically playing multiple roles in acting and production. In addition to his own channel, he has contributed to films, voice-overs, and TV productions, most notably in the video game Dispatch. Throughout the year, in 2024, Haver published a film anthology of 12 movies, each movie being shot and edited in the span of approximately one month. He noted that he is passionate about making filmmaking more accessible. Later that year, Saturday Night Live aired the "Charmin Bears" sketch, with similarities to Haver's video. Notably, a young bear confronts his father about his dream to be a dancer, the bears are colored blue, and the father and the son wear similar attire.

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