Joe Swanberg

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Joe Swanberg

Directing 45 August 31, 1981

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation,…

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You're Next

You're Next

6.6 2013 Movie
V/H/S

V/H/S

6.1 2012 Movie
The Rental

The Rental

5.5 2020 Movie
Drinking Buddies

Drinking Buddies

6.0 2013 Movie
The Sacrament

The Sacrament

6.0 2014 Movie
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

4.5 2009 Movie
Win It All

Win It All

5.7 2017 Movie
Looking

Looking

7.5 2014 TV Show
Easy

Easy

6.0 2016 TV Show
Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas

5.1 2014 Movie
Queen of Earth

Queen of Earth

6.0 2015 Movie
Digging for Fire

Digging for Fire

5.2 2015 Movie

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Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process, and include V/H/S (2012), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), Win It All (2017), Digging For Fire (2015), and Nights and Weekends (2008), the last of which was co-directed by Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig.

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  1. 2026
    The Sun Never Sets

    Movie Keith

  2. 2026
    Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2026
    Yellow Eyes

    Movie Producer

  4. 2026
    Strange Egg

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2026
    Thingy

    Movie Producer

  6. 2026
    The Roast of Caveh Zahedi

    Movie Self

  7. 2026
    Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

    Movie Producer

  8. 2026
    Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!

    Movie Thanks

  9. 2026
    Loafers

    Movie Cameron's Boss

  10. 2025
    Kenneled

    Movie Producer

  11. 2025
    Invention

    Movie John

  12. 2025
    Chasing the Party

    Movie Staten

  13. 2024
    Prisma

    TV show Joe

  14. 2024
    Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

    Movie Thanks

  15. 2024
    The Becomers

    Movie Producer

  16. 2024
    Coven of the Black Cube

    Movie Officer Lindley

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  1. 2024
    Invader

    Movie Invader

  2. 2023
    Blackout

    Movie Stuart

  3. 2022
    Good Guy with a Gun

    Movie Tom Greenwood

  4. 2022
    Offseason

    Movie George Darrow

  5. 2020
    Build the Wall

    Movie Director

  6. 2020
    The Rental

    Movie Producer

  7. 2019
    Depraved

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2019
    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

    Movie Self

  9. 2019
    Holy Trinity

    Movie Executive Producer

  10. 2019
    Sword of Trust

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2019
    Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do

    Movie Pauly

  12. 2018
    Madeline's Madeline

    Movie Executive Producer

  13. 2018
    Golden Exits

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 2017
    Person to Person

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2017
    Flames

    Movie Joe Swanberg

  16. 2017
    Win It All

    Movie Director

  17. 2017
    The Show About Sundance

    Movie Self

  18. 2016
    Regional Bloodshed

    Movie self

  19. 2016
    Little Sister

    Movie Executive Producer

  20. 2016
    Easy

    TV show Director

  21. 2016
    Uncle Kent 2

    Movie Joe

  22. 2016
    Joshy

    Movie Aaron

  23. 2015
    The Show About the Show

    TV show

  24. 2015
    Lace Crater

    Movie Dean