Joe Swanberg
Known for: Directing
Born: August 31, 1981
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
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Filmography
101 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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The Sun Never Sets
2026
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Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
2026
4.8
Yellow Eyes
2026
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Strange Egg
2026
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Thingy
2026
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The Roast of Caveh Zahedi
2026
8.0
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round
2026
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Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
2026
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Loafers
2026
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Kenneled
2025
5.7
Invention
2025
7.0
Chasing the Party
2025
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Prisma
2024
7.8
Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
2024
3.8
The Becomers
2024
9.5
Coven of the Black Cube
2024
6.2
Invader
2024
5.4
Blackout
2023
8.0
Good Guy with a Gun
2022
5.2
Offseason
2022
3.3
Build the Wall
2020
5.5
The Rental
2020
5.6
Depraved
2019
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019
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Holy Trinity
2019
6.0
Sword of Trust
2019NR
Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
2019
5.9
Madeline's Madeline
2018
5.8
Golden Exits
2018
5.2
Person to Person
2017
5.3
Flames
2017
5.7
Win It All
2017
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The Show About Sundance
2017NR
Regional Bloodshed
2016
6.0
Little Sister
2016
6.0
Easy
2016
5.4
Uncle Kent 2
2016
5.6
Joshy
2016
8.8
The Show About the Show
2015
5.0
Lace Crater
2015
5.2
Digging for Fire
2015
3.9
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015
6.0
Queen of Earth
2015NR
There
2015
5.8
Listen Up Philip
2014
5.1
Happy Christmas
2014
6.0
The Sacrament
2014
5.5
Proxy
2014
5.3
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014
7.5
Looking
2014
5.0
All the Light in the Sky
2013
4.9
White Reindeer
2013
6.0
Drinking Buddies
2013
6.6
You're Next
2013
4.0
24 Exposures
2013
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The Kings of Yorktown
2013NR
Detonator
2013
5.2
Privacy Settings
2013
2.0
Stage Brother
2012
6.1
V/H/S
20125.0
Empire Builder
2012
7.0
Stray Bullets
2012
5.4
Marriage Material
2012NR
Cats and Trees
2012
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Be Good
2012
3.9
Caitlin Plays Herself
2011
4.1
Silver Bullets
2011
4.4
Art History
2011
2.5
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011
4.1
Autoerotic
2011
4.9
The Zone
2011
5.3
Uncle Kent
2011
4.7
Open Five
2010
5.1
A Horrible Way to Die
2010
4.2
Blackmail Boys
2010
4.5
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
2010
5.7
Audrey the Trainwreck
2010
3.8
Wrecked
20096.0
Birthday Suit
20095.0
The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009
4.5
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009
4.6
Alexander the Last
2009NR
One Shot
2009
4.9
You Wont Miss Me
2009
5.6
Nights and Weekends
2008
5.0
Ginger Sand
2008NR
Paintbrush
2008
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Swedish Blueballs
20085.0
Present Company
2008
5.8
Quiet City
2007
5.2
Hannah Takes the Stairs
2007
5.0
Hohokam
2007NR
The Timebox Twins
2007
6.6
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
2007NR
Grammy's
2007
3.3
Young American Bodies
2006
3.0
Thanks for the Add!
2006
5.7
LOL
2006
5.1
Kissing on the Mouth
2005NR
Hissy Fits
2005NR
Mikey
2003
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Bless Me Father
2001
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Killing the Canary
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Joe Swanberg's Quiet City
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Fast Star Wellness
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Helldorado
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