Joshua Tickell
Birth Name:
Joshua Tickell
Birth Place:
Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
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
Awards
- 2008Audience Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2008Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2009Cinema for Peace Award - International Green Film Award:Nominated
- 2017Audience Choice - Best of the Fest:Winner
- 2017Audience Choice - Best Feature Documentary:Winner
- 2020DOC LA Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2020Festival Award - Best Interactive Documentary:Winner
- 2020Festival Award - Best Film of the Competition:Nominated
- 2020Festival Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2020Festival Award - Outstanding Achievement in Directing, Documentary:Nominated
- 2021Cinema for Peace Award - International Green Film Award:Nominated
- 2021DOC LA Award - Best Screenwriting:Winner
- 2021DOC LA Award - Best Producer:Winner
- 2021Festival Award - Best Documentary of the Year:Nominated
- 2022Red Nation Film Award of Excellence - Achievement in Directing:Winner
- 2024Cinema for Peace Award - International Green Film Award:Winner
- 2024Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2024Jury Prize - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2024San Diego Film Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Winner
- 2026Golden Eye - Documentary Prize:Nominated