Joel Olicker
CEO, Owner, Co-Founder

CEO and co-founder Joel Olicker started making comedy and monster movies on a Bell & Howell windup super 8 camera when he was 10 years old. As a member of the AV squad at Junior High School 194 in Queens, he spent many a period projecting biology films to snoozing eight graders. But while others slept, Joel was absorbing cinema. He began his professional career in New York City as an editor for the CBS children's series Captain Kangaroo, and then at ABC network news. In Boston, Joel landed at WGBH, where he edited, produced, directed and wrote for the series, "Frontline," "The American experience," "Nova," "The Secret of Life" and "Evolution." Joel has taught Film and TV Production on the faculties of Hampshire College and The Maine Film and Television Workshops. Since founding Powderhouse, Joel has created dozens of hours of prime-time television while overseeing hundreds of hours more. His award winning ratings hit, "Engineering The Impossible" launched the engineering genre on cable. His cult classic "American Plumber" continues to rack up literally thousands of views on YouTube. Joel is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. He lives with his wife Kate, and his children Zack and Eva, in Arlington, Massachusetts.