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‘The AI Doc’ From ‘Navalny’ Director Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell Lands 2026 Release ︎ The Hollywood Reporter ︎ Ryan Gajewski
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How Our Oscar Contender Came to Be ︎ The New York Times ︎ Lyndsay Crouse
The Atlantic Selects: My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes ︎ The Atlantic ︎ Emily Buder
Our Very Personal Picks for the Best Movies, Music, Theatre, and Art of 2018 ︎ CBC ︎ March Mercanti
Short Films in Focus: My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes ︎ RogerEbert.com ︎ Collin Souter
Behind the Music: Talking to Broken Orchestra’s Charlie Tyrell & Julie Baldassi ︎ Topic ︎ Anna Holmes
Short Docs, Big Oscar Hopes: “A Night at the Garden,” “My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes” and “Los Comandos” ︎ Salon ︎ Gary M. Kramer
ShortList 2020: How Charlie Tyrell Made Beautiful Music Out of Busted Instruments in ‘Broken Orchestra’ ︎ The Wrap ︎ Steve Pond
A Portrait of A Lost Parent ︎ The Hamilton Spectator ︎ Emma Reilly
My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes: Review ︎ Short of the Week ︎ Georg Csarmann
In Brief: My Dead Dad’s and New Romantic win at SXSW ︎ Playback ︎ Lauren Malyk
Charlie Tyrell Tries to Understand His Emotionally Distant Father in Stop-Motion Doc ‘My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes’ ︎ Director’s Notes ︎ MarBelle
Broken Instruments Echo the Soul of a City ︎ Broad Street Review ︎ Linda Holt
Once-Broken Instruments Now Making Beautiful Music in Philly Schools ︎ Nonprofit Quarterly ︎ Eileen Cunniffe
Sundance 2020: Message Marries Form in Broken Orchestra, a Whimsically Clever Short Doc for the Ages ︎ Film Companion ︎ Rahul Desai
Charlie Tyrell Finds Art and Creativity with Broken Orchestra ︎ Behind the Lens ︎ Debbie Elias
Broken Orchestra Sings the Body Electric ︎ HorrorBuzz ︎ Miranda Riddle
Broken Orchestra ︎ Film Threat ︎ Alan Ng
A Roundup of Web Documentaries of Debbie Harry, Climate Denial, and More ︎ Hyperallergic ︎ Dan Schindel
Animation in Documentary: A Beautiful Paradox ︎ 25 Years Later ︎ J Paul Johnson
I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!: Review ︎ Short of the Week ︎ Ivan Kander
I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! - Charlie Tyrell’s Short Doc Chronical’s Reid Fleming’s Journey into Development Hell ︎ Broken Frontier ︎ Jason Wilkins
Raindance Film Festival: I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! ︎ Loose Lips ︎ Joanna Orland
Charlie Tyrell is a Canadian filmmaker whose work has screened at major international festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and the Toronto International Film Festival. His films have been featured by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vimeo Staff Picks, and the CBC.
His debut feature, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, premiered at Sundance in 2026 and received a nationwide theatrical release from Focus Features.
Previously, Tyrell directed the Academy Award–shortlisted My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes, winner of both a Canadian Screen Awards and a Cinema Eye Honors award. His follow-up film, Broken Orchestra, also premiered at Sundance. He later served as Director of Visual Segments on Amanda Mustard’s HBO documentary Great Photo, Lovely Life.
He lives in Toronto with his wife and son and has taken an oath not to eat another hot dog until the Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series.
His debut feature, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, premiered at Sundance in 2026 and received a nationwide theatrical release from Focus Features.
Previously, Tyrell directed the Academy Award–shortlisted My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes, winner of both a Canadian Screen Awards and a Cinema Eye Honors award. His follow-up film, Broken Orchestra, also premiered at Sundance. He later served as Director of Visual Segments on Amanda Mustard’s HBO documentary Great Photo, Lovely Life.
He lives in Toronto with his wife and son and has taken an oath not to eat another hot dog until the Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series.
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