Joe Swanberg

DirectorEditorProducerWriterCrew Aug 31 (age 44) Detroit, Michigan, USA 2001–2026 (25 year career)

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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-direct…

Known For

Film

You're Next

Drake Davison

Film

V/H/S

Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")

Film

Drinking Buddies

Angry Car Guy

Film

The Rental

Producer

Film

Looking

Director

Film

The Sacrament

Jake

Film

Win It All

Director

Film

Queen of Earth

Producer

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (61)

Invention

as John

Chasing the Party

Invader

Coven of the Black Cube

as Officer Lindley

Blackout

as Stuart

Offseason

as George Darrow

Good Guy with a Gun

as Tom Greenwood

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

as Self

Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do

2019

as Pauly

Flames

as Joe Swanberg

Joshy

as Aaron

Uncle Kent 2

as Joe

Regional Bloodshed

as self

Lace Crater

as Dean

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

as Brock

There

as Toth

The Sacrament

as Jake

Happy Christmas

as Jeff

Proxy

as Patrick Michaels

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

as Akin

You're Next

as Drake Davison

Drinking Buddies

as Angry Car Guy

Detonator

as Sid

The Kings of Yorktown

2013

as Bartender

White Reindeer

as George

24 Exposures

as Literary Agent

V/H/S

as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")

Marriage Material

Be Good

as Joe

Stage Brother

2012

as Self

2.0

Cats and Trees

2012

as Al

Empire Builder

2012

as The Husband

5.0

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

Art History

as Sam

Silver Bullets

as Ethan

Autoerotic

The Zone

as Director

Uncle Kent

as Joe

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

as Joe

3.9

Audrey the Trainwreck

as Jeremy Roth

Blackmail Boys

A Horrible Way to Die

2010

as Kevin

5.1

Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her

2010

as Brandon

4.5

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

as Hazmat Team

Birthday Suit

You Wont Miss Me

The Mountain, the River and the Road

Present Company

as Archibald King

Paintbrush

Nights and Weekends

as James

Quiet City

as Adam

Hohokam

as The Jeffery

Grammy's

as Clarence

The Timebox Twins

2007

as Boy

LOL

as Tim

Kissing on the Mouth

as Patrick

Bless Me Father

as Father Sexy

Killing the canary

as Chris

Loafers

as Cameron's Boss

Fast Star Wellness

Joe Swanberg's Quiet City

as Charlie

Television (3)

PRISMA

2024

as Joe

The Show About the Show

2015

8.3

Young American Bodies

2006

as Ben

3.3

Crew (95)

Movies (92)

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Director

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Editor

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Producer

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Screenplay

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

2026

Thanks

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

2025

Thanks

8.7

Kenneled

2025

Producer

Invader

Producer

The Becomers

Producer

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

2024

Producer

The Rental

Producer

The Rental

Screenplay

The Rental

Story

Build the Wall

Director

Sword of Trust

Executive Producer

Depraved

Executive Producer

Holy Trinity

Executive Producer

Golden Exits

Executive Producer

Madeline's Madeline

Executive Producer

Win It All

Director

Win It All

Editor

Win It All

Producer

Win It All

Writer

Person to Person

Executive Producer

Little Sister

Executive Producer

Queen of Earth

Producer

Digging for Fire

Director

Digging for Fire

Producer

Digging for Fire

Writer

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

Producer

Happy Christmas

Director

Happy Christmas

Producer

Happy Christmas

Writer

Listen Up Philip

Thanks

Privacy Settings

Director

Drinking Buddies

Director

Drinking Buddies

Editor

Drinking Buddies

Producer

Drinking Buddies

Writer

All the Light in the Sky

Director

24 Exposures

Writer

V/H/S

Director

V/H/S

Editor

Marriage Material

Director

Stray Bullets

Director

Stray Bullets

Producer

Stray Bullets

Screenplay

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

Producer

Art History

Director

Art History

Director of Photography

Art History

Editor

Art History

Producer

Art History

Writer

Silver Bullets

Director

Silver Bullets

Director of Photography

Silver Bullets

Editor

Silver Bullets

Producer

Silver Bullets

Sound

Silver Bullets

Writer

Autoerotic

Director

Autoerotic

Makeup Effects

Autoerotic

Producer

Autoerotic

Writer

The Zone

Director

Uncle Kent

Director

Uncle Kent

Screenplay

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

Director

3.9

Open Five

2010

Director of Photography

Birthday Suit

Director

Alexander the Last

Director

One Shot

Director

Ginger Sand

2008

Director of Photography

Nights and Weekends

Director

Swedish Blueballs

Director

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Director

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Director of Photography

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Editor

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Producer

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

Writer

5.2

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Thanks

LOL

Director

LOL

Director of Photography

LOL

Writer

Thanks for the Add!

Editor

Kissing on the Mouth

Director

Hissy Fits

Director

Mikey

2003

Director

Bless Me Father

2001

Director

Untitled Jae Matthews Horror Feature Film

Producer

Yellow Eyes

Producer

Fast Star Wellness

Director

Helldorado

Producer

Television (3)

Easy

Director

Easy

Writer

Looking

Director