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Joe Kicak
JOE KICAK is a CSA-winning television director, writer, and producer. He is the EP/Showrunner, director, writer, and co-creator of the series DETENTION ADVENTURE (HBO Max, CBC, iTV). The series was nominated for 15 Canadian Screen Awards and won Best Youth Series, Best Youth Writing, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects. Joe has also been nominated for two Writers Guild of Canada awards, a Banff Rocky Award, and won the 2020 Kidscreen award for Best Series.
Joe recently directed three episodes of Sinking Ship’s upcoming DINO DEX (Amazon, TVO) and eight episodes of the one-hour docudrama series MISSION: UNEXPLAINED (Discovery+), produced by Blue Ant Studios. He’s currently producing the feature length documentary DON’T COME UPSTAIRS about disgraced Degrassi The Next Generation star, Mike Lobel, for CBC and is in development with producer Liz Varner at Sony on his thriller series SPECTACLE.
Joe is the director/producer of the comedy short, MUST KILL KARL (Austin Film Festival ’18). The film won Best Comedy at HollyShorts Film Festival ’18 and was featured on Short of the Week and Directors Notes. He directed the short films FRIGID and DISTILLED LOVE. Joe is a second-generation Canadian immigrant who's parents were both Polish refugees. He's a lifelong Torontonian, a graduate of Sheridan College’s Advanced Television & Film Program, a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, the Writers Guild of Canada, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Contact info:
Ilana Miller (The Jennifer Hollyer Agency) (416) 928-1425
Joe Kicak 416-831-3434
Main Reel
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Detention Adventure
Episodes: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310
Link: IMDB
Roles: Director, Writer, Showrunner
Studio / Network: CBC, Max
Type: Half-hour episodic (TV/SVOD)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Date(s): 2019-
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Dino Dex
Episodes: 1015, 1012, 1022
Link: IMDB
Role: Director
Studio / Network: Amazon
Type: Half-hour episodic (TV/SVOD)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Comedy
Date(s): 2024-
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Don't Come Upstairs
Link: IMDB
Role: Director
Studio / Network: CBC
Type: Indie Feature
Genre: Documentary, Crime
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Mission Unexplained
Episodes: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108
Link: IMDB
Role: Director
Studio / Network: Lifetime
Type: One-hour episodic (TV/SVOD)
Genre: Mystery
Date(s): 2023
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Must Kill Karl
Link: IMDB
Role: Director
Studio / Network: CBC
Type: Short
Genre: Comedy
Date(s): 2017
