Joel Haver | |
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 Haver in 2025 | |
| Born | February 13, 1996 Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Education | Pratt Institute |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Subscribers | 2.09 million |
| Views | 301.92 million |
| Last updated: November 6, 2025 | |
Joel Haver (born February 13, 1996) is a Canadian YouTuber and filmmaker, best known for his rotoscoped skits and low-budget feature-length films. [1] [2] [3]
Haver was born on February 13, 1996, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. [4] He grew up in Belchertown, Massachusetts, and has an older brother. [5] He studied film at the Pratt Institute in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in filmmaking in 2018. [6]
Haver produces comedy sketches and independent films, frequently using rotoscoped animation, a form of animation created by tracing on top of filmed footage. [1] [2] [7] [8] 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. [1] [2] [3] [9]
Haver has hosted an annual "Movies Shot During the Oscars" film festival, in which he encourages independent filmmakers to shoot feature-length films during the broadcast of the yearly Academy Awards ceremony. [10] 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 accesible. [11] [12]
In July 2022, Joel Haver published the "Toilet Paper Bears" comedy sketch on his YouTube channel, depicting a dispute between the Charmin Bears family, in which the son confronts his father about his dream to be a dancer, to his father's disappointment. [13] 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. [13] In late July, following the SNL airing, Haver published a video entitled "SNL stole my video". Despite the title, he denied accusations of theft, rather attributing the similarities to parallel thinking. Haver remarked, "If I still was a smaller creator, which I was for a long time, I could see it rubbing me the wrong way." [14] [15] [16]
| Year | Title |
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| 2016 | We Are Sasquatch |
| 2017 | 31 Days in Marshall, North Carolina |
| 2019 | Island [2] |
| Taking a Little Time to Feel Sorry for Myself | |
| I'M GOING TO BE FAMOUS - The Movie | |
| 2020 | Forget About Everything for Awhile |
| Pretend That You Love Me | |
| 2021 | A Simple Smash and Bash Job Gone Wrong |
| Drowning in Potential | |
| 2022 | The Bad Guy, The Wolf and the Surprise Party |
| We Have to Leave Here Together | |
| 2023 | Things Could Always Be Worse |
| goodlongpee the movie | |
| 2024 | The Hero's Journey aka My Life aka The Caleb Johnston Story (I'm Caleb) |
| Anyone Else But Me | |
| The Text | |
| Hello My Beautiful Creatures | |
| It Just Takes Time | |
| Hiccups | |
| The Diarrhea Brothers Save the Day | |
| Love, Celeste | |
| The 9th Movie | |
| A Little Film About Friendship | |
| You're Point Girl | |
| Coming Home | |
| 2025 | The Call |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sheep Theater | Actor |
| 2021 | Off the Air | Director, Actor, Animator |
| 2022 | Making Youtube | Actor |
| The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Actor, Guest Animator | |
| Killer Thriller | Actor | |
| High on Life | Voice Actor | |
| 2024 | Smiling Friends | Actor, Guest Animator |
| Hello My Beautiful Creatures | Animation, Soundtrack | |
| 2025 | Dispatch | Voice Actor [17] |
I grew up in like rural Massachusetts in this small town called Belchertown.