Joseph Scrimshaw Biography
Joseph Scrimshaw is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has many years of experience as a writer, director, actor, producer, and comedian in multiple mediums. He’s written for Adult Swim’s fantasy comedy TV show, Tigtone, the movie-riffing group, RiffTrax, the public radio sketch comedy show, Wits, the scripted podcast, Getting On With James Urbaniak, and more.
His film, The Narrator, starring Phil LaMarr won the Silver Award for Best Experimental short at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology. His 22 minute horror short, The Nightmare Adorable, has played in 20 festivals, winning Best Short at the Bloody Mirror festival. He completed his first horror feature, Dead Media, in 2025. Joseph’s plays Adventures in Mating, An Inconvenient Squirrel, and My Monster (written with Bill Corbett) have been performed worldwide.
As a comedian and actor, Joseph’s done the SF SketchFest, Jonathan Coulton’s JoCoCruise, multiple Fringe Festivals, pop culture conventions, and a commercial with the monkey from Friends. A true highlight.
