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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

Joe Kicak

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  • Detention Adventure

    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-

  • Dino Dex

    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-

  • Don't Come Upstairs

    Don't Come Upstairs

    Link: IMDB

    Role: Director

    Studio / Network: CBC

    Type: Indie Feature

    Genre: Documentary, Crime

  • Mission Unexplained

    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

  • Must Kill Karl

    Must Kill Karl

    Link: IMDB

    Role: Director

    Studio / Network: CBC

    Type: Short

    Genre: Comedy

    Date(s): 2017

  • Frigid

    Frigid

    Episodes: 1

    Link: IMDB

    Role: Director

    Type: Short

    Genre: Thriller, Drama

    Date(s): 2016