Joe Swanberg
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Joe Swanberg

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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.

Films Featuring Joe Swanberg

Cats and Trees

Cats and Trees

2012

LOL

20065.7

A Horrible Way to Die

20105.1

Kissing on the Mouth

20055.1

Nights and Weekends

20085.6

Stage Brother

20122.0

You're Next

20136.6

V/H/S

20126.1

Regional Bloodshed

Regional Bloodshed

2016

Silver Bullets

20114.1

Uncle Kent

20115.3

Art History

20114.4

Empire Builder

Empire Builder

20125.0

Marriage Material

20125.4

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

20094.5

Detonator

Detonator

2013

Drinking Buddies

20136.0

White Reindeer

20134.9

Proxy

20145.5

The Sacrament

20146.0

Paintbrush

Paintbrush

2008

The Mountain, the River and the Road

The Mountain, the River and the Road

20095.0

The Timebox Twins

The Timebox Twins

2007

Happy Christmas

20145.1

Hohokam

20075.0

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

20145.3

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

20112.5

Grammy's

Grammy's

2007

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

Caitlin Plays Herself

20113.9

24 Exposures

20134.0

Blackout

20235.6

The Zone

20114.9

Autoerotic

20114.1

Audrey the Trainwreck

20105.7

There

There

2015

Good Guy with a Gun

20228.0

Joshy

20165.6

Lace Crater

20155.0

Be Good

2012

Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her

20104.5

Coven of the Black Cube

20249.5

Blackmail Boys

20104.2

Flames

20175.3

Birthday Suit

Birthday Suit

20096.0

Quiet City

20075.8

You Wont Miss Me

20094.9

Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do

Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do

2019

Present Company

Present Company

20085.0

The Kings of Yorktown

2013

Uncle Kent 2

20165.4

Offseason

20225.3

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

20153.9

Killing the Canary

Loafers

2026

Invention

20255.7

Bless Me Father

2001

Joe Swanberg's Quiet City

Fast Star Wellness

Fast Star Wellness

Chasing the Party

20257.0

Invader

20246.2

The Roast of Caveh Zahedi

2026

The Sun Never Sets

2026