Welcome to Josh Barkey!

Josh grew up on his parents’ mission compound in the Amazon Basin of Peru, South America, then paid for an English degree by hand planting half a million trees in the cut-blocks of northern Canada. He caught the film bug working as an extra on productions in and around Vancouver, and since moving to North Carolina has produced six shorts and one feature from his own scripts.

Producer Peter Riche (SOUTHPAW) is currently out with one of his scripts for packaging, and Josh is in pre-production on his first microbudget feature film as a director. 

So far in his life Josh has made or helped to make:

• A feature-length comedy film, PINK, which is available on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms.
• 6 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.

Josh is occasionally active on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram, but hopefully by the time you read this he'll have had the good sense to smash his phone with a hammer.

Got a project he can help you with?

Email 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 he'll know it's not spam. Thanks!