Joel Potrykus
BiographyAmerican writer/director Joel Potrykus resides in Grand Rapids, MI. He works with a filmmaking band, Sob Noisse, including long-time collaborator Joshua Burge. His films have premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, and have screened at the Lincoln Center and the MoMa. He teaches filmmaking at Grand Valley State University.
In the role of actor
Vulcanizadora – Fantasia 2024 (23/07/2024)
Two best friends go on a self-destructive camping trip in Vulcanizadora. Derek (Joel Potrykus) and Marty (Joshua Burge) travel into the wilderness for a camping trip. The two films themselves lighting off bottle rockets and doing drunken campfire dances with glowsticks and Godsmack. However, as they get closer to their destination, the intention of this […]
In the role of director
Vulcanizadora – Fantasia 2024 (23/07/2024)
Two best friends go on a self-destructive camping trip in Vulcanizadora. Derek (Joel Potrykus) and Marty (Joshua Burge) travel into the wilderness for a camping trip. The two films themselves lighting off bottle rockets and doing drunken campfire dances with glowsticks and Godsmack. However, as they get closer to their destination, the intention of this […]
The Alchemist Cookbook (21/07/2016)
A hermit living in the wood sets out to unlock an ancient mystery in The Alchemist Cookbook. Sean (Ty Hickson) is a man, who has become fed up with life and set himself up in an isolated trailer in the woods, accompanied only by his cat Kasper and regular grocery deliveries by Cortez (Amari Cheatom). Sean […]