Josh Epstein's work as a writer, producer and actor has taken him all over the world. His films have received 39 Leo Award nominations. Recently he wrote Astrid's Deathlist for Paramount Pictures, a medieval thriller comedy in collaboration with Good Question Media and Elevation, and a re-imagining of Youngblood with Aircraft Pictures. He has re-written multiple studio features, EP'd both film and TV and is developing television, most with partner Kyle Rideout. Their last film Adventures in Public School stars Judy Greer, premiered at TIFF, opened TIFF Top Ten with theatricals in CDN/US/UK/JPN before landing on Netflix, Crave, and HBO. Eadweard, their first film won 5 Audience Choice Awards, had 15 Leo nominations and has been distributed around the world. Josh has also acted as a distributor on both films reaching 1.2 million in sales. Josh was EP of Re: Uniting which just won a leading 7 Leo Awards including best picture, actor, director and script and executed a sale with Gravitas for US distribution. As an actor Josh has won 4 Jessies, been nominated for 3 Dora Awards and is the recipient of the Most Promising Actor Award at the Stratford Festival. Selected Theatre Credits: Parade (Raincity), Guys and Dolls, Onegin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers - Arts Club; Love's Labour's Lost - Bard on the Beach; The Matchmaker, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, The Grapes of Wrath - Stratford Festival; The Lord of the Rings - Mirvish; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - The Playhouse. He is the producer facilitator for the National Screen Institute, a mentor for the Whistler Film Festival producer's lab and Telus Storyhive and he's hosted panels for VIFF, WFF and Women in Film, recently directed the series finale of an upcoming digital series The Dressing Room, and won the Ovation Award for directing Cabaret at Studio 58. @joshepstein1
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Biography from IMDb.
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Producer and writer, also director
- 12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Josh Epstein's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Josh Epstein's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Josh Epstein's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Youngblood(2025)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Get Hooked(2025)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Dressing Room(2025)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Ábreme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Re: Uniting(2023)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Odds Are(2018)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Stargate Origins(2018)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Eadweard(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Lawrence & Holloman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Hairspray(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Ábreme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Knight's Camp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1993 to 2026.
How do Josh Epstein's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Josh Epstein's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Josh Epstein work with?
People who share at least 2 of Josh Epstein's MovieCove titles; Kyle Rideout shares the most, 4.
- Kyle RideoutShared titles: Youngblood (2025), There's Something in the Barn (2023), Adventures in Public School (2017), Eadweard (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Kyle Rideout
- Stirling BancroftShared titles: Re: Uniting (2023), Adventures in Public School (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Stirling Bancroft
