Joel Potrykus Movies

A womanizing man-child binges on sex and alcohol, experiments with ayahuasca for addiction therapy and comes to terms with past mistakes.

A short documentary about the impact of the late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch (aka MCA) on the life and work of director Joel Potrykus.

The Thing, The Woods, And I is a comedy where a group of filmmaking students attempt to make a movie, but face errors, mistakes, and more due to the...

After a series of haunting Polaroids begin appearing around her school, a college-bound senior is forced to confront a buried act of cruelty as...

Self-made chemist Sean, a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at...

A vengeful woman summons a demon, Lilith, to get revenge on the man who assaulted her.

A gang of low-rent mob goons plot a heist, only to be forced to confront radioactive evil from beyond the grave.

A photo obsessed recluse develops pictures in a darkroom in hopes of uncovering an unknown subject.

A young woman moves through her days. Something shifts.

A never-ending lonely birthday ends with a never-ending death at work.

Gordon finds himself dead, lost, lonely, and stuck.

A band of teenagers get more than they bargained for when the initiation of their newest member takes an ugly turn.

A conversation about simulations leads to a collapse of realities, atypical antics ensue.

Lost marketing footage of a 1980s McDonald’s taste test.

Documentary short by Joel Potrykus

Two friends are given the choice of immortality after meeting a mysterious stranger.

Short film by Joel Potrykus

A middle-aged woman must grapple with her hypersensitivity to noise as she prepares for the arrival of her son and his fiancé.

A young man finds himself in a purgatory waiting room in the afterlife. Here, he is tasked with making the decision of whether or not he wants to see...

In order to find balance between physical attractions, an obedient man stands before two deities.