Joe Cornish (comedian)
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| Joe Cornish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 December 1968 London, England |
| Medium | Comedian, writer, director, television presenter |
| Nationality | English |
Joseph Murray "Joe" Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and TV and radio presenter, who, along with his long-time comedy partner Adam Buxton, form the comedy duo Adam and Joe. He also writes, directs and acts.
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[edit] Early life
He was educated at Westminster School in central London, where he became friends with both Adam Buxton and Louis Theroux. He went on to study at the Bournemouth Film School, indulging and cultivating his love of films.
[edit] The Adam and Joe Show
The Adam and Joe Show was a heavily-ironic pop culture sketch show written, presented and directed by the duo. The show found considerable cult success during its four series run between 1996 and 2001. The best-known segments featured hit feature films recreated with stuffed toys, British TV shows parodied using Star Wars action figures, and Vinyl Justice, in which the pair invaded rock stars' homes and searched their record collections for embarrassing records.
In 2001 he fronted the topical discussion show This Week Only, alongside Nick Frost and Lauren Laverne.
Since the demise of The Adam and Joe Show, Cornish has continued to work in British television and radio as a presenter, writer and director, both with and without Buxton.
[edit] Directing
Cornish made a behind the scenes documentary following the making of Little Britain series 2, which was screened on BBC Three and is included on the Little Britain Series 2 DVD, and a video diary of his brief cameo as a zombie, which appears on the UK Shaun of the Dead DVD (Region 1). He also makes a brief appearance in Hot Fuzz as a white suited and bemasked Scenes-Of-Crime Officer named 'Bob'.
He has continued his work in television comedy, directing parts of the pilot of Modern Toss, and the pilot to Channel 4's Blunder. According to an interview in Word Magazine he pulled out of directing the series of Blunder due to creative differences with Channel 4 and the production company. In early 2007 he directed the video for Charlotte Hatherley's single I Want You To Know.
[edit] Other work
He wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 film programme Back Row between 2002 and 2003.
Since 2007 he and Adam have presented Adam and Joe, a radio show on BBC 6 Music.
Cornish has recently been involved with several non-comedy projects. In 2006 he was announced as co-writer on a feature film adaptation of Marvel Comics comic book character Ant-Man, with Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright. Wright and Cornish also rewrote Steven Moffat's script for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, co-starring Simon Pegg, for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.
He lives in South London with his long-term partner, Annabel.
