Joe Nicolosi is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and multi-year alumni of SXSW for his film bumpers and short films. In 2009 he won the ‘George Lucas Award’ for his short film “Star Wars: Retold” and was named one of the ’25 Faces of Independent Film’ in 2011.

Joe was born and raised in New York where he also attended college upstate, studying film, theater, and writing. He wrote and directed two seasons of the critically acclaimed animated comedy Red vs Blue and was the series director for It’s Okay to be Smart, a weekly science show published by PBS Digital Studios from 2014 -2020.

He currently works as a commercial director and freelance creator. 

For work inquires or to file complaints about his treatment of Agent Washington on RvB, you can reach him at joenicolosi@gmail.com