1. Joseph Murray Cornish was born on 20 December 1968 and is an English comedian and filmmaker.
14 Facts About Joe Cornish
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In 2011, Joe Cornish released his directorial debut Attack the Block.
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Joe Cornish co-wrote The Adventures of Tintin with Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright, and Ant-Man, with Wright, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd.
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Joe Cornish was educated at the independent Westminster School in central London, where he became friends with both Adam Buxton and Louis Theroux.
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The Adam and Joe Cornish Show was an ironic pop culture sketch show written, presented and directed by the duo.
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Since the end 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.
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Joe Cornish wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 film programme Back Row between 2002 and 2003.
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Joe Cornish made a brief appearance in Hot Fuzz as a white suited and bemasked Scenes-of-Crime Officer named "Bob".
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Wright and Joe Cornish rewrote Steven Moffat's script for The Adventures of Tintin co-starring Simon Pegg, for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.
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In November 2013, Joe Cornish was tipped to be JJ Abrams' lead choice for director of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond.
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Joe Cornish has continued his work in television comedy, directing parts of the pilot of Modern Toss, and the pilot to Channel 4's Blunder.
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In June 2012, it was announced that Joe Cornish had been signed as director of a future film adaptation of Neal Stephenson's classic 1992 novel Snow Crash for Paramount Pictures.
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In May 2021, it was announced that Joe Cornish would write, direct, and produce a sequel to Attack the Block.
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Joe Cornish will be rewriting from previous drafts by Heather Anne Campbell and Simon Rich.