Joel W. Gibb[1] (born 28 January 1977) is a Berlin-based Canadian artist and singer-songwriter who leads the "gay church folk" group The Hidden Cameras.

His first involvement with the music scene was as editor of a fanzine devoted to independent bands, Glamour Guide for Trash.

[4] He then gathered together a group of musicians to perform his work, playing everywhere from art galleries to churches to porn theatres to parks.

[5] In 2003 the Hidden Cameras were signed to Rough Trade, a well-known British record label who released the band's next album, The Smell of Our Own the same year.

[7] In 2008, Joel Gibb made his acting debut, alongside Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert, Calvin Johnson, Jen Smith, and Vaginal Davis, as one of the stars of the film The Lollipop Generation, directed by G.B.