Josh Locy is a director, writer, and production designer whose work spans award-winning films, acclaimed television, and some of the most memorable campaigns in contemporary advertising. He was a writer on HBO’s hit comedy The Righteous Gemstones, part of his long-standing creative collaboration with director David Gordon Green and Danny McBride and he recently directed and wrote for Seth Rogen in a campaign for the iconic Canadian brand Roots.

Originally from central Virginia, Josh studied literature and played college basketball before moving to Los Angeles to build a career in film. He cut his teeth an an art director, helping shape the visual identity of definitive commercials like Tom Kuntz’s Old Spice “Smell Like a Man” campaign and many more. His work with David Gordon Green continued as he art directed David’s films Prince Avalanche and Manglehorn, deepening his storytelling instincts and sensitivity to tone, atmosphere, and character. In 2016 he wrote and directed his debut feature Hunter Gatherer, which premiered at SxSW, won a Special Jury Prize, and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. He has also been a MacDowell fellow. This year he co-wrote and directed the short film Potato Potato, which has screened at film festivals internationally to the echo of laughs, groans, and guffaws.