Josh Stafford, Director

A graduate of the Vancouver Film School’s foundation film program, Josh has directed, produced and written numerous short and feature-length independent film productions. His work has been showcased on film web sites, screened at a number of schools and festivals (including ones in San Diego, New York and Toronto), and shown on television channels such as Drive-In Classics. He organized and contributed films for the Killer63 Film Fest in 2006-2010 (the now annual screening of the Ottawa independent short horror film collective), and recently shot The Fantasy for Ottawa’s Painted Lips and Lolly Licks Film Festival.

Josh has contributed to many YOW! Productions projects, as director, assistant director, production assistant and sound recordist. He is also Geek-in-Chief at Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre, one of the oldest-surviving independent movie theatres in Canada.