Jay McCarrol

The Dirties

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

Release Date2013-10-04

DepartmentSound

JobMusic

Charactersd Mr. Bird

Vote Count140

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Release Date2026-02-13

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Charactersd Jay

Update Day

From the original 2006-2009 web series, Matt and Jay make a song based on the titles from the Wii shop.

Charactersd Jay

Operation Avalanche

Achieving viral success after being snuck into the Sundance Film Festival, this short film features the powerful story of a young high school boy seeking revenge against the teacher that sexually assaulted him. Inspired by a series of real rapes.

Release Date2016-01-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Jay McCarrol/Mr. Bird

Nirvanna the Band the Show

Two lifelong best friends and roommates are planning the greatest musical act in the history of the modern world.

Release Date2017-02-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Jay

Episode Count16

Vote Count24

Nirvana the Band the Show

Musicians Matt and Jay attempt to achieve their dream of playing at a small Toronto venue, the Rivoli, through a series of various schemes and publicity stunts.

Release Date2007-12-13

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Jay

Episode Count[ 11 ]

Vote Count3

Nicky Nicky Nine-Door

Deleted scene from Nirvanna the Band the Show. Nicky Nicky Nine Doors up and down the Scarborough Bluffs.

Release Date2007-10-31

DepartmentSound

JobMusic

Charactersd Jay McCarrol

Vote Count1

Shubadak

This one's a war movie.

Release Date2009-12-11

Charactersd Jay

Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)

A space captain struggles with his robot crew during an intergalactic mission.

Release Date2009-01-16

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Charactersd Iggy

Vote Count1

Matt and Bird Break Loose

Monkey and bird best friends, Matt and Bird, have been studying humans very closely from their shared cage in the zoo. But everything they know about being human is based on what they've seen on TV. In each episode, Matt and Bird cleverly break out of the zoo in disguise in order to chase their dreams and fame...and quickly discover it's not so easy being human.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Bird (voice)

Episode Count3

The Apostles

Jesus and the 12 apostles deal with the mundane, surprise and treachery of splitting the bill after the last supper.

Release Date2010-10-01

Charactersd Matthew

Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor

A character study of an outdated misfit bachelor struggling to connect with others.

Release Date2012-12-22

Charactersd Sean

A Song for Torah Jane

A young dad sings his daughter to sleep with a tale of animals in the zoo. She doesn't want to nod off and he drifts into a reverie of nostalgia of his own.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Father

Hell of a Summer

When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his beloved Camp Pineway, his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his teenage co-workers. Little does he know; a masked killer has murdered camp owners John and Kathy and is preparing to strike again.

Release Date2025-04-03

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count128

The Kid Detective

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

Release Date2020-10-16

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count452

BlackBerry

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

Release Date2023-02-13

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count787

Loose Ends

A woman in the midst of a devastating breakup is invited to her ex-boyfriend's apartment to return his keys. However upon arriving, she discovers she has been stood up. Left to her own devices in his empty apartment, she decides to revel in the nostalgic trappings of a place that once felt like home. In an unexpected turn of events, she is forced to confront her present when someone suddenly returns home and finds her in a compromising state.

Release Date2020-12-15

DepartmentSound

JobMusic

Matt & Bird Break Loose

Fueled by delusions of grandeur, Matt and Bird disguise themselves as humans and break out of the zoo to chase their dreams, only to learn that it's not so easy being human.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Nirvanna The Band - Mega64 Special

Nirvanna The Band are the official convention hall announcers for 64X 2023 (Mega64 Expo). We present this documentary as a glimpse into their mastery of the craft and a testament to the brilliance of their creative union.

Release Date2023-09-12