Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968), known as
Joe Cornish, is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and TV and radio presenter, who, along with his long-time comedy partner
Adam BuxtonAdam Offord Buxton is a British comedian and with Joe Cornish forms the duo Adam and Joe. The pair currently present Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music.-Major work:...
, form the comedy duo
Adam and JoeAdam and Joe are the duo of British comedians Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish.They currently present Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music.They presented The Adam and Joe Show on Channel 4 from 1996 - 2001.-History:...
. He also writes, directs and acts.
He was educated at
Westminster SchoolThe Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools,, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college...
in central
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, where he became friends with both Adam Buxton and
Louis TherouxLouis Sebastian Theroux is a British-American broadcaster best known for his television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met...-Family:...
. He went on to study at the
Bournemouth Film SchoolThe Arts University College at Bournemouth is one of only ten specialist higher education institutions in the UK devoted solely to the study of the arts...
, indulging and cultivating his love of films.
The Adam and Joe Show was a heavily-ironic pop culture sketch show written, presented and directed by the duo.
Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968), known as
Joe Cornish, is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and TV and radio presenter, who, along with his long-time comedy partner
Adam BuxtonAdam Offord Buxton is a British comedian and with Joe Cornish forms the duo Adam and Joe. The pair currently present Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music.-Major work:...
, form the comedy duo
Adam and JoeAdam and Joe are the duo of British comedians Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish.They currently present Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music.They presented The Adam and Joe Show on Channel 4 from 1996 - 2001.-History:...
. He also writes, directs and acts.
Education
He was educated at
Westminster SchoolThe Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools,, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college...
in central
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, where he became friends with both Adam Buxton and
Louis TherouxLouis Sebastian Theroux is a British-American broadcaster best known for his television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met...-Family:...
. He went on to study at the
Bournemouth Film SchoolThe Arts University College at Bournemouth is one of only ten specialist higher education institutions in the UK devoted solely to the study of the arts...
, indulging and cultivating his love of films.
The Adam and Joe Show
The Adam and Joe Show was a heavily-ironic pop culture sketch show written, presented and directed by the duo. The show found considerable cult success during its four series run between 1996 and 2001. The best-known segments featured hit feature films recreated with stuffed toys, British TV shows parodied using
Star WarsStar Wars is an epic space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two immediate sequels, released at three-year intervals...
action figures, and Vinyl Justice, in which the pair invaded rock stars' homes and searched their record collections for embarrassing records.
In 2001 he fronted the topical discussion show
This Week Only, alongside
Nick FrostNicholas John Frost is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg in the role of Mike Watt in the comedy Spaced, Ed in Shaun of the Dead, as well as PC Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz.-Early life:Frost was born in Dagenham in London...
and
Lauren LaverneLauren Laverne is a British radio DJ, television presenter and former singer.-Early years:...
.
Since the demise 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.
Directing
Cornish made a behind the scenes documentary following the making of
Little BritainLittle Britain is an award winning character-based comedy sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television. It was written by stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams...
series 2, which was screened on BBC Three and is included on the Little Britain Series 2 DVD, and a video diary of his brief cameo as a zombie, which appears on the UK
Shaun of the DeadShaun of the Dead is a 2004 British romantic zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright....
DVD (Region 1). He also makes a brief appearance in
Hot FuzzHot Fuzz is a 2007 British action comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The three had previously worked together on the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead as well as the television series Spaced. The film was directed by Wright and produced by Nira Park...
as a white suited and bemasked Scenes-Of-Crime Officer named 'Bob'.
He has continued his work in television comedy, directing parts of the pilot of
Modern TossModern Toss is a British series of cartoon booklets and books aimed at adults, and a television series based on them. It is the creation of Mick Bunnage and Jon Link; their company is called Modern Toss Ltd, also going under the name '*hitflap' .The cartoons feature low-quality drawing, offensive...
, and the pilot to Channel 4's
BlunderBlunder was a Channel 4 comedy sketch series shown in the UK on E4 and repeated on Channel 4. No announcement of a second series has yet been made.-Characters:-The Baron:...
. According to an interview in
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he pulled out of directing the series of Blunder due to creative differences with Channel 4 and the production company. In early 2007 he directed the video for
Charlotte HatherleyCharlotte Franklin Hatherley is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. She initially came to prominence as guitarist and backing vocalist for alternative rock band Ash...
's single
I Want You To Know.
Radio
He wrote and presented the
BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967.-Outline:...
film programme
Back Row between 2002 and 2003.
Since 2007 he and Adam have presented
Adam and JoeAdam and Joe is a radio show on BBC 6 Music presented by Adam and Joe, that is, Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. The show is also available as a podcast.The show runs from 9am - 12 midday on Saturdays, and began in October 2007.-Move from Xfm to 6 Music:...
, a radio show on
BBC 6 MusicBBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
.
Screenwriting
Cornish has recently been involved with several non-comedy projects. In 2006 he was announced as co-writer on a feature film adaptation of
Marvel ComicsMarvel Publishing, Inc., a company doing business as Marvel Comics, produces American comic books and related media. It forms a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc....
comic bookA comic book is a magazine made up of narrative artwork, often accompanied by dialog and often including brief descriptive prose...
character
Ant-ManAnt-Man is the name of several fictional characters in the . The first Ant-Man, Henry Pym, was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appears in Tales to Astonish #35...
, with
Shaun of the Dead director
Edgar WrightEdgar Wright is an English film and television director and writer. He is most famous for his work with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and TV series Spaced.-Biography:...
. Wright and Cornish also rewrote
Steven MoffatSteven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer.Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang...
's script for
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, co-starring
Simon PeggSimon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run Fatboy Run, the comedy series Spaced and his recent portrayal of Scotty in Star Trek...
, for
Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...
and
Peter JacksonPeter Robert Jackson, CNZM is a New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien...
.