Tickell holds an undergraduate degree in Sustainable Living from New College of Florida. After the publication of his first book, Tickell enrolled in Florida State University’s School of Motion Picture Television and Recording Arts where he earned his Master of Fine Arts in film.
The movie was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama Administration. Tickell has been a featured guest on Jay Leno"s The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, Cable News Network, Discovery, Reuters, National Broadcasting Company, Fox and National Public Radio. Articles on Tickell and his films have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, United States of America Today, The Huffington Post, Hustler Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Popular Mechanics and thousands of international newspapers and magazines. He directed the Cannes Film Festival movie, The Big Fix.
The film explores possible connections between corporate and political malfeasance and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
He went on to direct his third film, Freedom (2011), which focuses on alcohol fuel and aired on the SuperChannel in Canada. Josh Tickell holds Masters in Film from Florida State University"s School of Motion Picture Arts.
He built a small biodiesel processor that he named “The Green Grease Machine” and then set off on a 25,000 mile, two-year tour of the United States of America powered by the biodiesel he made from used grease collected from fast food restaurants along the way. This journey, which eventually became known as, attracted the attention of numerous media outlets, serving to promote the publicity of biodiesel as a viable alternative fuel.
In September 2009, Tickell’s documentary on alternative clean energy, Fuel, was rolled out into 150 cities.
In 2012, Tickell"s advocacy for clean energy led him to join the advisory board of Grow Energy, a startup focused on developing algae as a viable energy resource.
His first feature movie, Fuel won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United States and became a global sensation gaining over 1 million viewers on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and Consumer News and Business Channel. He just completed his latest documentary, "PUMP," and is currently in production on "Good Fortune", The Official Biography of John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of Patrón Tequila and Paul Mitchell Systems.
