---
name: "Jay McCarrol"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-mccarrol"
fi1m_id: "jay-mccarrol"
imdb_id: "nm2340891"
tmdb_id: 216057
wikidata_id: "Q108576606"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 August 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T10:21:05.950407+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jay McCarrol

## Identity

Jay McCarrol

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-mccarrol
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-mccarrol
- **IMDb ID:** nm2340891
- **TMDB ID:** 216057
- **Wikidata ID:** Q108576606
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McCarrol, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108576606, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2340891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/216057

Producer. Born 9 August 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 August 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Matthew Miller](https://film.one/person/matthew-miller.md), [Matt Johnson](https://film.one/person/matt-johnson.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McCarrol, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108576606, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2340891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/216057

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*BlackBerry*](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jay McCarrol (born 9 August 1983) is a Canadian composer, musician, screenwriter and actor. Based in Toronto, he has scored all of director Matt Johnson’s feature films, including *The Dirties* (2013), *Operation Avalanche* (2016), *BlackBerry* (2023) and *Tony* (2026). He also composed the scores for *The Kid Detective* (2020) and *Hell of a Summer* (2025).

McCarrol co-created the web series *Nirvanna the Band the Show* with Johnson and starred in its television adaptation and the 2025 feature film continuation. He won Canadian Screen Awards for Best Original Score for *BlackBerry* (2024) and, for the Nirvanna feature, Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film and Best Original Song (both 2026). He is a member of the synth-pop band Brave Shores with his sister Stefanie.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cbc.ca, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *BlackBerry* (2023), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer, Story Editor, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Tony* (2026), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tony* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)
- *Crash Land* (2026), Thanks
- *Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie* (2026), as Jay · Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Original Series Creator
- *Hell of a Summer* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *BlackBerry: The Limited Series* (2023), series, Music
- *BlackBerry* (2023), Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Story Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)
- *Matt & Bird Break Loose* (2021), series, as Bird (Voice) · Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Loose Ends* (2020), Music
- *The Kid Detective* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Nirvanna the Band the Show* (2017), series, as Jay · Executive Producer, Creator
- *Operation Avalanche* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Operation Avalanche* (2016), as Mr. Bird · Additional Photography, Director
- *The Dirties* (2013), as Mr. Bird · Music
- *A Song for Torah Jane* (2013), as Father · Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor* (2012), as Sean
- *A Pretty Funny Story* (2012), as Guy at Work 3
- *I, Martin Short, Goes Home* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Apostles* (2010), as Matthew
- *Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures* (2010), as Jay
- *Shubadak* (2009), as Bleaks
- *Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli* (2009), as Jay
- *Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)* (2009), as Iggy · Original Music Composer
- *Nirvana the Band the Show* (2007), series, as Jay / Vince Valence (voice) / Additional Voices · Writer, Creator
- *Swink* (2006), Music
- *Journalism 101*, Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-7ae3ba35464c.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Nguyk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jay_McCarrol_at_The_Grove_2026.jpg/1280px-Jay_McCarrol_at_The_Grove_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-c6eb6d66f32f.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-3f4771d124db.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-82b648ca4eaa.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-4ea49d352ab3.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay McCarrol](https://film.one/media/person/92891/gallery-7259e552aa81.jpg) Jay McCarrol — Image via TMDB

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