Biography
Josh Epstein's work as a writer, producer and actor has taken him all over the world.
His films have received 39 Leo Award nominations. Recently he wrote Astrid's Deathlist for Paramount Pictures, a medieval thriller comedy in collaboration with Good Question Media and Elevation, and a re-imagining of Youngblood with Aircraft Pictures. He has re-written multiple studio features, EP'd both film and TV and is developing television, most with partner Kyle Rideout. Their last film Adventures in Public School stars Judy Greer, premiered at TIFF, opened TIFF Top Ten with theatricals in CDN/US/UK/JPN before landing on Netflix, Crave, and HBO. Eadweard, their first film won 5 Audience Choice Awards, had 15 Leo nominations and has been distributed around the world. Josh has also acted as a distributor on both films reaching 1.2 million in sales. Josh was EP of Re: Uniting which just won a leading 7 Leo Awards including best picture, actor, director and script and executed a sale with Gravitas for US distribution.
As an actor Josh has won 4 Jessies, been nominated for 3 Dora Awards and is the recipient of the Most Promising Actor Award at the Stratford Festival. Selected Theatre Credits: Parade (Raincity), Guys and Dolls, Onegin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers - Arts Club; Love's Labour's Lost - Bard on the Beach; The Matchmaker, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, The Grapes of Wrath - Stratford Festival; The Lord of the Rings - Mirvish; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - The Playhouse.
He is the producer facilitator for the National Screen Institute, a mentor for the Whistler Film Festival producer's lab and Telus Storyhive and he's hosted panels for VIFF, WFF and Women in Film, recently directed the series finale of an upcoming digital series The Dressing Room, and won the Ovation Award for directing Cabaret at Studio 58.
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7 wins and 10 nominations
