Joe Swanberg

ProducerActorDirectorEditorWriter Aug 31 (age 45) 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 (67)

Movies (64)

The Sun Never Sets

2026

as Keith

Loafers

2026

as Cameron's Boss

The Roast of Caveh Zahedi

2026

as Self

Invention

as John

Chasing the Party

Invader

as 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

2017

as Joe Swanberg

5.0

The Show About Sundance

2017

as Self

Joshy

as Aaron

Uncle Kent 2

as Joe

Regional Bloodshed

as self

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

as Brock

Lace Crater

as Dean

There

as Toth

The Sacrament

as Jake

Proxy

as Patrick Michaels

Happy Christmas

as Jeff

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

as Akin

You're Next

as Drake Davison

Drinking Buddies

as Angry Car Guy

White Reindeer

as George

24 Exposures

as Literary Agent

The Kings of Yorktown

2013

as Bartender

Detonator

2013

as Sid

V/H/S

2012

as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")

Stage Brother

as Self

Cats and Trees

as Al

Be Good

2012

as Joe

Marriage Material

Empire Builder

as The Husband

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

Autoerotic

Art History

as Sam

Caitlin Plays Herself

as Joe

The Zone

as Director

Silver Bullets

as Ethan

Uncle Kent

as Joe

Blackmail Boys

A Horrible Way to Die

2010

as Kevin

5.1

Audrey the Trainwreck

2010

as Jeremy Roth

5.7

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

Paintbrush

Nights and Weekends

as James

Present Company

as Archibald King

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

Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy

Killing the Canary

as Chris

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 (134)

Movies (131)

Yellow Eyes

2026

Producer

4.4

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Director

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Editor

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Producer

The Sun Never Sets

2026

Screenplay

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

Producer

Thingy

Producer

Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage

2026

Thanks

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

2026

Thanks

Strange Egg

2026

Executive Producer

Kenneled

2025

Producer

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

Thanks

Invader

Producer

The Becomers

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

Person to Person

Executive Producer

Win It All

Director

Win It All

Editor

Win It All

Producer

Win It All

Writer

Little Sister

Executive Producer

Digging for Fire

Director

Digging for Fire

Producer

Digging for Fire

Writer

Queen of Earth

Producer

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

Producer

Happy Christmas

Director

Happy Christmas

Producer

Happy Christmas

Writer

Listen Up Philip

Thanks

Drinking Buddies

Director

Drinking Buddies

Editor

Drinking Buddies

Producer

Drinking Buddies

Writer

Privacy Settings

Director

The Unspeakable Act

Thanks

24 Exposures

Director

24 Exposures

Editor

24 Exposures

Writer

All the Light in the Sky

2013

Director

5.0

All the Light in the Sky

2013

Director of Photography

5.0

All the Light in the Sky

2013

Editor

5.0

All the Light in the Sky

2013

Producer

5.0

All the Light in the Sky

Writer

V/H/S

Director

V/H/S

Editor

Stray Bullets

Director

Stray Bullets

Producer

Stray Bullets

Screenplay

Marriage Material

Director

Marriage Material

Producer

Marriage Material

Writer

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

Producer

Autoerotic

Director

Autoerotic

Makeup Effects

Autoerotic

Producer

Autoerotic

Writer

Art History

Director

Art History

Director of Photography

Art History

Editor

Art History

Producer

Art History

Writer

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

Director

3.9

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

Director of Photography

3.9

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

Editor

3.9

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011

Producer

3.9

Caitlin Plays Herself

Writer

The Zone

Director

The Zone

Director of Photography

The Zone

Editor

The Zone

Producer

The Zone

Writer

Silver Bullets

Director

Silver Bullets

Director of Photography

Silver Bullets

Editor

Silver Bullets

Producer

Silver Bullets

Sound

Silver Bullets

Writer

Uncle Kent

Director

Uncle Kent

Screenplay

Blackmail Boys

Director

Open Five

Director of Photography

Wrecked

Director

Wrecked

Writer

One Shot

Director

Birthday Suit

Director

Birthday Suit

Writer

Alexander the Last

Director

Alexander the Last

Director of Photography

Alexander the Last

Editor

Alexander the Last

Producer

Alexander the Last

Sound Designer

Alexander the Last

Writer

Ginger Sand

Director of Photography

Nights and Weekends

Director

Nights and Weekends

Editor

Nights and Weekends

Producer

Nights and Weekends

Writer

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

Thanks for the Add!

Editor

LOL

Director

LOL

Director of Photography

LOL

Writer

Kissing on the Mouth

Director

Kissing on the Mouth

Director of Photography

Kissing on the Mouth

Editor

Kissing on the Mouth

Producer

Kissing on the Mouth

Story

Kissing on the Mouth

Writer

Hissy Fits

Director

Mikey

2003

Director

Bless Me Father

2001

Director

Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy

Director

Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy

Editor

Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy

Producer

Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy

Screenplay

Helldorado

Producer

Television (3)

Easy

Director

Easy

Writer

Looking

Director