Josh Ovalle
Josh Ovalle
Josh Ovalle born 21 August 1998, in Seattle, Washington (state) United States, is an American filmmaker and Social media star, best known from gaining popularity in the film industry when he was just 13 years old for creating the film, “Minimum Max”.
His films have been viewed in over 50 festivals around the world.
Early Life
Josh was born on April 21, 1998 in Seattle, Washington.
Before discovering his passion for making films and narrating stories, Josh’s only hobby was Baking.
He suffers from ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder’ (ADHD).
Interestingly, the main character from his short film ‘Minimum Max’ also suffers from Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder He managed to overcome his condition by turning his attention towards Filmmaking.
He was 13 years old when he shot his first short film ‘Minimum Max.’ The film was about a boy named Max, who suffers from ADHD.
As soon as it was released, the movie went viral on YouTube and other Social media platforms.
Personal
Josh Kennedy was born Josh Ovalle.
He changed his last name from Ovalle to Kennedy while creating videos on the short-form video hosting service, Vine (service).
Apart from being screened at various international film festivals, Josh’s film ‘Two and a Quarter’ won a handful of awards.
It won the prestigious ‘Audience Award’ at ‘All American High School Film Festival,’ in 2014.
The movie was also showcased at the prestigious ‘Toronto International Film Festival.’
He is a good friend of famous YouTube star Cody Ko.
Career
Josh is an American filmmaker and social media star.
His films have been screened at more than 50 film festivals.
He made a film titled ‘Minimum Max’ when he was just 13.
He gained prominence after the film was viewed by more than half a million fans.
The film’s popularity increased when ‘Huffington Post’ published an article about it.
‘Minimum Max’ was eventually screened at more than 20 film festivals across the globe.
After the success of his first film, Josh came up with another film titled ‘Two and a Quarter.’ This film too, was a tremendous success as it was screened at 57 film festivals, including the famous ‘Toronto International Film Festival.’
Josh is also known for creating videos on the Video hosting service, Vine (service). Josh is also famous among many YouTube communities. He has over 80,000 followers on his Twitter account. He has also promoted ‘MTV’ at various events, including the 2015 ‘MTV Movie Awards,’ which was hosted by famous stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer
Social Media
He is highly active online through accounts on social media.
He has an Instagram account with almost 500,000 followers, and posts a lot of personal photos and videos on the account, plus shots alongside friends and family. He also has a Twitter account on which he has over 170,000 followers.. He does a lot of promotions of his YouTube channel while also using the platform to give his fans a bit of an insight into his work. Another account is his Facebook page which is more of a personal page than an account made for fans. The account announced in 2017 that he would be studying at Los Angeles Film School for college.