Joel Ashton McCarthy

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Joel Ashton McCarthy is a Canadian film director. [1] [2]

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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. [3] In 2017, he was nominated for a Gotham Award for his series, Inconceivable, which won $50,000 from Telus Storyhive. [4]

McCarthy later founded and ran the Vancouver 48-hour Run N Gun film competition. [5]

Selected filmography

As director

References

  1. ↑ Furminger, Sabrina. "Five Vancouver indie filmmakers who've got us excited about #BCFilm". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "NIC Talks – Special Guest JOEL ASHTON MCCARTHY!". New Image. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ↑ mdoagad. "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them: Joel Ashton McCarthy". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Nair, Roshini. "Vancouver odd couple spins comedic gold out of unexpected pregnancy". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ↑ WANGERSKY, NICK. "Run N Gun 2022 – A night filled with Whopping Scoops of Strange stuff and Whooping Groups of Film folks". Hollywood North Magazine. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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