Joe Swanberg
Birthday: 1981-08-31
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Movies
A Horrible Way to Die
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small ...
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Kissing on the Mouth
Ellen is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend while trying to ignore the fact that he's looking for more t...
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Nights and Weekends
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship....
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You're Next
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mys...
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V/H/S
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquir...
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Regional Bloodshed
Filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons discuss the Midwestern roots and work ethic of Lewis' ou...
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Silver Bullets
An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts ...
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Uncle Kent
A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting ho...
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Art History
Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget ...
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Empire Builder
Jenny's life has changed significantly since she had a baby. her days of food activism and urban ant...
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Marriage Material
Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend’s 6-month-old for ...
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of b...
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Detonator
From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow ...
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Drinking Buddies
Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, bio...
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White Reindeer
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, stra...
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Proxy
While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally atta...
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The Sacrament
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. The...
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Paintbrush
Made up entirely of stills, 'Paintbrush' presents portraits of ten users of a fictitious online soci...
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The Mountain, the River and the Road
Jeff, a wannabe writer flailing at his career, his romantic relationships and any effort to be a res...
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The Timebox Twins
A brother and sister discover the secret behind the "timebox" a device that is used to keep schools ...
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Happy Christmas
After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and the...
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Hohokam
After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, ...
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Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
The arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter....
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What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man...
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Grammy's
Two brothers have a really bad time on a fishing trip until a stranger makes them a bizarre but lucr...
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outst...
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Caitlin Plays Herself
Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and poli...
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24 Exposures
Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is ta...
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Blackout
Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion t...
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Autoerotic
Autoerotic follows four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasu...
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The Zone
A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their ...
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Audrey the Trainwreck
The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with a...
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There
A disgruntled veteran unable to adjust back into society justifies domestic terrorism by interpretin...
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Good Guy with a Gun
Follows a young man who after his father is murdered starts making bad choices, goes through life-th...
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Joshy
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai,...
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Lace Crater
Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with f...
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Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A ...
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Be Good
Paul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife...
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Coven of the Black Cube
A mysterious coven helps unhappy wives murder their husbands. A deadbeat stoner turns a pizzeria int...
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Blackmail Boys
After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills. His longtim...
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Flames
A real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of fi...
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Birthday Suit
A spoof behind-the-scenes look at Joe Swanberg's (non-existent) new film, Birthday Suit, about a you...
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Quiet City
Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't ...
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You Wont Miss Me
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recent...
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Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
An American couple argues about the safety of a French girl after a night out....
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Present Company
Leading very separate lives, Christy and her boyfriend Buddy live together in her parent's basement ...
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The Kings of Yorktown
Ed and Richard are brothers. They're also con artists. Not incredibly successful ones, but they get ...
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Uncle Kent 2
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne tra...
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Offseason
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the...
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Bloomin Mud Shuffle
Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to...
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Killing the canary
Multiple perspectives of an open and shut home invasion converge to create this folkloric noir of de...
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Loafers
Amid a post-grad haze, best friends Isaac and Cameron navigate the shifting terrain of their relatio...
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Invention
In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s sudden death, his daughter inherits his patent for ...
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Invader
A young woman arrives in the Chicago suburbs and begins to suspect that something terrible has happe...
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Bless Me Father
Documentary and live footage from the final performance of Father Sexy....
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Joe Swanberg's Quiet City
'LOL' director Joe Swanberg was given an early screenplay draft of 'Quiet City' the day before he an...
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Chasing the Party
Melissa and Stephanie fantasize about becoming downtown "IT" girls , but their dreams come crashing ...
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