Joe Swanberg
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 | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.414 |
| Birthday | 1981-08-31 |
| Place of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Also Known As | Джо Сванберг, |
2012
Cats and Trees
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Cats and Trees
2006
LOL
5.8/76
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
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LOL
2010
A Horrible Way to Die
5.2/82
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
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A Horrible Way to Die
2005
Kissing on the Mouth
5.2/10
Ellen is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend while trying to ignore the fact that he's looking for more than just sex. Her roommate, Patrick, isn't helping...
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Kissing on the Mouth
2008
Nights and Weekends
5.6/43
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
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Nights and Weekends
2012
Stage Brother
2/1
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
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Stage Brother
2013
You're Next
6.6/2472
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their vict...
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You're Next
2012
V/H/S
6.102/1544
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found foot...
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V/H/S
2016
Regional Bloodshed
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Filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons discuss the Midwestern roots and work ethic of Lewis' output and how The Gore Gore Girls represents the sh...
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Regional Bloodshed
2011
Silver Bullets
4.3/21
An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.
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Silver Bullets
2011
Uncle Kent
5.4/19
A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest - a woman from New York who he met on Ch...
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Uncle Kent
2011
Art History
4.6/17
Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real...
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Art History
2012
Empire Builder
5/1
Jenny's life has changed significantly since she had a baby. her days of food activism and urban anthropology have been replaced by diapers and playti...
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Empire Builder
2012
Marriage Material
6/7
Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend’s 6-month-old for a day. The experience causes them to examine their...
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Marriage Material
2009
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
4.543/373
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2013
Detonator
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From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow up. The rhythm of Sully’s (Lawrence Levine, Gabi o...
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Detonator
2013
Drinking Buddies
5.9/807
Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too l...
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Drinking Buddies
2013
White Reindeer
5.2/27
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia.
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White Reindeer
2014
Proxy
5.516/96
While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This ho...
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Proxy
2013
The Sacrament
5.968/441
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they...
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The Sacrament
2008
Paintbrush
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Made up entirely of stills, 'Paintbrush' presents portraits of ten users of a fictitious online social networking website. By detailing the informatio...
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Paintbrush
2009
The Mountain, the River and the Road
5/2
Jeff, a wannabe writer flailing at his career, his romantic relationships and any effort to be a responsible adult, takes a road trip to flee his mund...
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The Mountain, the River and the Road
2007
The Timebox Twins
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A brother and sister discover the secret behind the "timebox" a device that is used to keep schools on schedual, you hook four together and get a time...
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The Timebox Twins
2014
Happy Christmas
5.1/161
After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.
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Happy Christmas
2007
Hohokam
5/4
After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out...
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Hohokam
2014
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
5.1/25
The arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter.
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Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2011
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2.5/2
An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man," and "Silver Bullets," each of which obliquely d...
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What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2007
Grammy's
0/0
Two brothers have a really bad time on a fishing trip until a stranger makes them a bizarre but lucrative offer.
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Grammy's
2019
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
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Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Musi...
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2011
Caitlin Plays Herself
4.3/6
Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill...
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Caitlin Plays Herself
2013
24 Exposures
4.3/29
Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.
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24 Exposures
2023
Blackout
5.7/7
Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a werewolf. He distances himself f...
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Blackout
2011
The Zone
5.1/16
A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the follo...
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The Zone
2011
Autoerotic
4.6/17
Autoerotic follows four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration. Through a unique blend...
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Autoerotic
2010
Audrey the Trainwreck
5.8/5
The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a televis...
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Audrey the Trainwreck
2015
There
0/0
A disgruntled veteran unable to adjust back into society justifies domestic terrorism by interpreting his actions with alien invasion.
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There
2022
Good Guy with a Gun
5/1
Follows a young man who after his father is murdered starts making bad choices, goes through life-threatening consequences and, of course, gets into g...
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Good Guy with a Gun
2016
Joshy
5.6/105
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...
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Joshy
2015
Lace Crater
5.3/23
Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twen...
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Lace Crater
2012
Be Good
0/0
Paul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife, Mary, returns to work. He is slowly driven crazy...
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Be Good
2010
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
5/5
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family...
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Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
2024
Coven of the Black Cube
9/1
A mysterious coven helps unhappy wives murder their husbands. A deadbeat stoner turns a pizzeria into a video rental headshop, and a lost soul falls i...
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Coven of the Black Cube
2010
Blackmail Boys
4.6/8
After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills. His longtime, long-distance boyfriend Aaron can't stand to be...
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Blackmail Boys
2017
Flames
5.8/4
A real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of first love until the throw of a dart finds them on a...
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Flames
2009
Birthday Suit
6/1
A spoof behind-the-scenes look at Joe Swanberg's (non-existent) new film, Birthday Suit, about a young couple's "on again, off again" sexual relations...
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Birthday Suit
2007
Quiet City
5.8/19
Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on...
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Quiet City
2009
You Wont Miss Me
5/11
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
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You Wont Miss Me
2019
Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
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An American couple argues about the safety of a French girl after a night out.
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Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
2008
Present Company
5/4
Leading very separate lives, Christy and her boyfriend Buddy live together in her parent's basement with their baby Mikey. As Christy, a waitress and...
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Present Company
2013
The Kings of Yorktown
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Ed and Richard are brothers. They're also con artists. Not incredibly successful ones, but they get by. Ed's the leader. Richard's a bit slow. Their o...
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The Kings of Yorktown
2016
Uncle Kent 2
5.8/7
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where...
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Uncle Kent 2
2022
Offseason
5.277/101
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as...
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Offseason
2015
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
3.6/5
Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.
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