
Joe Swanberg
Department: Directing
Biography
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.
Known For

Cats and Trees
2012

LOL
2006

A Horrible Way to Die
2010

Kissing on the Mouth
2005

Nights and Weekends
2008

Stage Brother
2012

You're Next
2013

V/H/S
2012

Regional Bloodshed
2016

Silver Bullets
2011

Uncle Kent
2011

Art History
2011

Empire Builder
2012

Marriage Material
2012

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009

Detonator
2013

Drinking Buddies
2013

White Reindeer
2013

The Sacrament
2014

Proxy
2014

Paintbrush
2008

The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009

The Timebox Twins
2007

Happy Christmas
2014

Hohokam
2007

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011

Grammy's
2007

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019

Caitlin Plays Herself
2011

24 Exposures
2013

Blackout
2023

The Zone
2011

Autoerotic
2011

Audrey the Trainwreck
2010

There
2015

Good Guy with a Gun
2022

Joshy
2016

Lace Crater
2015

Be Good
2012

Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
2010

Coven of the Black Cube
2024

Blackmail Boys
2010

Flames
2017

Birthday Suit
2009

Quiet City
2007

You Wont Miss Me
2009

Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
2019

Present Company
2008

The Kings of Yorktown
2013

Uncle Kent 2
2016

Offseason
2022

Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015

Killing the canary
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Loafers
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Invention
2025

Bless Me Father
2001

Joe Swanberg's Quiet City
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Fast Star Wellness
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Chasing the Party
2025

Invader
2024

The Show About the Show
2015

Young American Bodies
2006

PRISMA
2024