JOE KICAK is a CSA-nominated television director and filmmaker. He is the Showrunner/EP, director, writer, and co-creator of the award-winning 3-season series DETENTION ADVENTURE (HBO Max, CBC, iTV). The series has won multiple Canadian Screen Awards, been nominated for two Writers Guild of Canada awards, and won the 2020 Kidscreen award for Best Series. 

Joe is currently directing four episodes of the new one-hour docudrama series MISSION: UNEXPLAINED (Discovery+), produced by Blue Ant Studios.

Joe is the director/co-producer of the comedy short, MUST KILL KARL (Austin Film Festival ’18). The film won Best Comedy at HollyShorts Film Festival ’18 and was featured on Short of the Week and Directors Notes. He directed the short films FRIGID and DISTILLED LOVE. Joe is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Advanced Television & Film Program and a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, the Writers Guild of Canada, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.