For the American fashion designer, see Jay McCarroll.
Jay McCarrol
Occupation(s)
Composer, screenwriter, actor
Notable work
Nirvanna the Band the Show
Jay McCarrol is a Canadian musician, writer and actor, most noted as co-creator and co-star with Matt Johnson of Nirvanna the Band the Show.[1]
He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, for his work on the film BlackBerry.[2] He was previously a nominee for Best Original Music for a Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for I, Martin Short, Goes Home[3] and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for The Second City Project,[4] and for Best Original Score at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for The Kid Detective.[5]
As a writer he has received two CSA nominations for Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series for Nirvanna the Band the Show, at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018[6] and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[7]
His other credits have included Johnson's theatrical films The Dirties, Operation Avalanche and BlackBerry.
He is a member of the synth-pop band Brave Shores, along with his sister, Stefanie.
^Matthew Ritchie, "Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on Keeping 'nirvanna the band the show' Bad with a Good Budget". Exclaim!, February 1, 2017.
^"2013 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
^Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced" Archived 2019-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
^Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^Calum Slingerland, "'Nirvanna the Band the Show' to Continue Without VICELAND". Exclaim!, January 23, 2018.
^Brent Furdyk, "2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Complete List Of Winners From Televised Gala" Archived 2021-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, March 31, 2019.
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