Welcome to Josh Barkey!

I'm a Nicholl finalisting, twice-Page-winning, Sundance and Tribeca selected writer of screenplays, novels, and the (extremely occasional) post on this website. 

After growing up barefoot and wild on a mission center in the Amazon basin of Peru - catching and eating piranhas before they could catch and eat me - I paid for an English/Art degree by hand-planting half a MILLION(ish) baby trees in Canadian dirt.

Now I live in a shed in North Carolina, where I write, paint, and even dabble in music-making. So far in my life I've made or helped to make:

• A feature-length comedy film, PINK, which is available on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms.
• 7 short films, like TWO FOR TEA and the 2020 Tribeca Official Selection, ABDUCTED;
• Screenplays like MARLENE THE DIVINE, which (among other things) won the Page for comedy, was shortlisted for the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, and was selected for a Sundance thingy;
• BOOKS - including a short story collection, three novels, and a collection of visual art;
• MUSIC (hey, a fella needs a hobby), some of which can be found on bandcamp and youtube.

I'm occasionally active on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. You're welcome to find and follow me there, but hopefully by the time you read this I'll have had the good sense to smash my phone and computer with a hammer in favor of less soul-sucking pursuits.

Got a project I can help you with?

Email me at josh.barkey at gee-male dawt com with something unique like "Earn Over Ten Grand a Month Working From Home!!!" in the subject line, so I'll know it's not spam. Thanks!