Joshua Tickell Biography

Fast Facts

• His film "Fuel" was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama Administration
• Won the Sundance Audience Award for best documentary for "Fuel․"
• The waterways he lived next to when he was growing up were polluted by petroleum refineries, inspiring his future activism
• Quote: "We are using brains the perhaps adapted to circumstances that took place a million years ago to cope with the modern circumstances we have inadvertently created․"
• Known for directing films geared toward Millennials
• Many of his documentaries, including his lauded first feature "Fuel," deal with oil, technology and alternative energy sources
• In addition to his filmmaking, he helps companies implement strategies that engage members of the millennial generation
• Tickell's Veggie Van Web Site received over 1 million unique visitors, traffic that frequently caused the early website to crash
• Drove a van powered by used French fry oil across the United States in 1997, gaining national attention
• Has given keynote speeches at the Sundance Film Festival, Festival de Cannes and the California Science Education Conference