Joel has just completed work on the comedy feature film BIG FELLAS. Written by Ross Garland and Directed by Philip Roberts, this politically incorrect comedy will have audiences rolling in the aisles..

Joel is scoring the new ETV soapie "Rhythm City"

JOHANNESBURG -- E.tv has chosen Curious Pictures, producer of some of South Africa's most highly regarded dramas ("Hard Copy," "Heartlines"), to produce a soap for the free-to-air channel to replace its youth-targeting "Backstage."

London; MTV Films Europe (MTVFE) are pleased to announce they have boarded John Barker's film "Bunny Chow", which has been officially selected to participated in this years Toronto International Film Festival, running from September 7th to 16th.

Joel Assaizky has written film score and provided several songs along with the JMYC Studio crew for John Barkers new film Bunny Chow, which has been selected for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The soundtrack also includes songs from other well known South African artists. The film also features 3 tracks from the Junior Musicians Yacht Club (the JMYC Studio band) that have attracted much attention internationally as well as underground cult status in the South African music scene.

Joel's vast musical knowledge and inventiveness made a massive contribution to the success of Mzansi, on top of which he is a good man to have at your side in a darkened final mix suite. What can be a rather lonely and draining place for a producer became a space of invigoration.

Neil McCarthy