Joe Garrity was studying Molecular Biology. Instead he ended up on Saturday Night Live. That lead to a job at Pixar. His coworkers helped him with his (award-winning) short, Twinsburg. Then he went on tour for a while with a Canadian pop band. Now he's getting his MFA in screenwriting.

Timecodes

2:05 | Biochemistry > SNL Errand Boy

9:54 | Genetics Script

15:17 | Quitting or Doubling Down

18:49 | Screenwriting MFA

28:48 | Story Math

36:35 | Twinsburg

48:48 | What Makes a Great Script

1:05:03 | Marketing Your Short

1:10:57 | Working at Pixar

1:25:57 | Pixar Culture

1:39:36 | Pixar > Imaginary Forces

1:48:55 | Alvvays Touring Setup

1:57:03 | Tour Experience

2:02:44 | Being the Messy Twin is Good

2:08:00 | Leading the Watergate Doc

2:15:15 | Outro