Joel Haver

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Joel Haver
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Personal information
Born (1996-02-13) February 13, 1996 (age 28)
Education Pratt Institute
Occupations
  • comedian
  • animator
  • film director
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers2 million [1]
Total views274 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: July 8, 2024

Joel Haver (born February 13, 1996) is a Canadian [2] YouTuber and filmmaker.

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Early life

Haver was born on February 13, 1996 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. [3] He grew up in Belchertown, Massachusetts, and has an older brother. [4] He studied film at Pratt Institute. [5]

Career

Haver publishes comedy sketches and films, frequently using rotoscoped animation. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] He 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. [11]

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 in his dream to be a dancer to his father's disappointment. [12] 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. [12] Later that month, Haver published his video entitled "SNL stole my video", attributing the similarities to parallel thinking and adding, "If I still was a smaller creator, which I was for a long time, I could see it rubbing me the wrong way." [13] [14] [15]

Filmography

Directed features [16]
YearTitle
2016We Are Sasquatch
201731 Days in Marshall, North Carolina
2019Island [8]
Taking a Little Time to Feel Sorry for Myself
I'M GOING TO BE FAMOUS - The Movie
2020Forget About Everything for Awhile
Pretend That You Love Me
2021A Simple Smash and Bash Job Gone Wrong
Drowning in Potential
2022The Bad Guy, The Wolf and The Surprise Party
We Have to Leave Here Together
2023Things Could Always Be Worse
goodlongpee the movie
2024The Hero's Journey aka My Life aka The Caleb Johnston Story (I'm Caleb)
Anyone Else But Me
The Text
Hello My Beautiful Creatures
Other Contributions
YearTitleRole
2020Sheep TheaterActor
2021 Off the Air (Season 11, Ep.3, The Galactic Trial) Director, Actor, Animator
2022Making YoutubeActor
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!Actor, Guest Animator
Killer ThrillerActor
High on Life Voice Actor
2024 Smiling Friends (Season Two, Episode Five) Actor, Guest Animator
Hello My Beautiful CreaturesAnimation

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