Joe Swanberg

Joe Swanberg (43)

1981-08-31 | 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, 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.

On Movies

  • Invention
  • Coven of the Black Cube
  • Blackout
  • Good Guy with a Gun
  • Offseason
  • Uncle Kent 2
  • Joshy
  • Lace Crater
  • Bloomin Mud Shuffle
  • There
  • Happy Christmas
  • Proxy
  • Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
  • White Reindeer
  • The Sacrament
  • Drinking Buddies
  • You're Next
  • 24 Exposures
  • The Kings of Yorktown
  • V/H/S
  • Empire Builder
  • Marriage Material
  • Be Good
  • Caitlin Plays Herself
  • Silver Bullets
  • Art History
  • What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
  • Autoerotic
  • The Zone
  • Uncle Kent
  • A Horrible Way to Die
  • Blackmail Boys
  • Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
  • Audrey the Trainwreck
  • Birthday Suit
  • Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
  • You Wont Miss Me
  • Nights and Weekends
  • Quiet City
  • LOL
  • Kissing on the Mouth

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