
Joseph Pelling
Directing
Biography
Joseph Pelling is a writer and composer.
Known For

The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.
The Amazing World of Gumball

Make That Movie follows a hotshot director, played by stand-up comedian and actor Sam Campbell, scouring the country for everyday people who have an idea for a feature film. Sam and his team then race against the clock as they attempt to transform the idea into a film in just three days.
Make That Movie

Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

A womb with a view. Awkward adulthood. The not-so-golden years. Journey through life’s stages with Jamie Demetriou in this musical sketch-comedy special.
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck, who live in the town of Clayhill. In each episode they encounter a song which teaches them about an aspect of life. Whilst the episodes start wholesome and sunny, each episode invariably ends in a dark and disturbing place.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Comedy series following the friendships, fall-outs, births, deaths, marriages, break-ups, more deaths, and resurrections of housemates Al, Ellie, Jamie, Jonno, Liam, and Tash.
Year Friends

Jarressey's got a new job today and he just needs to eat some food before he goes to the pub. But now all of this is happening to him!
Jarressey

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

The two remaining puppets learn about eating healthy, but things go awry when they receive a mysterious phone call.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5

A documentary recounting Sam Campbell's journey to create Chess Ham, the Chesham Chess Ham.
Chess Ham

Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2

If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweet grape on the vine. It's a few bloody skits from bloody Sam Campbell.
Get Real Dude

All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppets' existence.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6

The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4

During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3

Playing with scale and bringing objects to life, the film creates a subverted world where the mundane becomes absurd.
Bad Things That Could Happen

A young boy falls into another world.
The Lost Coin

Craig, a nerd who hates himself, tries to enjoy his birthday.
Craig’s Big Day

A DHMIS short film that premiered in 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival and was originally pitched as a pilot of Pelling, Sloan, and Terry's 2022 TV show. Though, feeling the Clayhill setting made the series too similar to South Park, and came at the cost of the claustrophobia of the original series, it was scrapped and since been removed from festival circulation. The tester was only shared in a few private premieres, but clips have turned up online over the years.
A Place Called Clayhill

A very helpful tutorial on how to make photos look vintage, from Sam Campbell. As part of Remote Comedy From The Paddock.