Joe Tucker

For other people with the same name, see Joseph Tucker.

Joe Tucker (born 1982) is a British screenwriter, director and animator.

He trained at the National Film & Television School where he made the award-winning short film For the Love of God . ^[1] Following this, he directed a number of music videos for Hot Club de Paris ^[2] and wrote sketches for CBBC series Horrible Histories . ^{[3] [4]}

With Lloyd Woolf, he has created and written the television series Parents, Big Bad World, Witless, Black Ops, and Austin, and the TV movie Click & Collect . ^[5]

He is the nephew of the painter Eric Tucker about whom he has written a book, The Secret Painter, ^[6] which became a Sunday Times bestseller. ^[7]

References

1. Stephen Robb (23 May 2007). "UK animators eye Cannes success". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
2. "Hot Club de Paris's Free the Pterodactyl 3 by Joe Tucker". Promo News. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
3. "Joe Tucker", Internet Movie Database, retrieved 13 January 2013
4. Broadcast Hot Shots 2011
5. Morgan Jeffery (24 May 2012). "'Inbetweeners' Blake Harrison for Comedy Central's 'Big Bad World'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
6. Barekat, Houman (30 January 2025). "The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker review – an artist in the family". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
7. "The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker - Canongate Books". canongate.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.