Joe Swanberg

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.

Known For

LOL
LOL
A Horrible Way to Die
A Horrible Way to Die
Kissing on the Mouth
Kissing on the Mouth
Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends
Stage Brother
Stage Brother
You're Next
You're Next
V/H/S
V/H/S
Silver Bullets
Silver Bullets

Filmography

2025 Invention
as John
2024 PRISMA
as Joe
2024 Coven of the Black Cube
as Officer Lindley
2024 Invader
as
2023 Blackout
as Stuart
2022 Good Guy with a Gun
as Tom Greenwood
2022 Offseason
as George Darrow
2019 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self
2019 Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
as Pauly
2017 Flames
as Joe Swanberg
2016 Regional Bloodshed
as self
2016 Uncle Kent 2
as Joe
2016 Joshy
as Aaron
2015 The Show About the Show
as
2015 Lace Crater
as Dean
2015 Bloomin Mud Shuffle
as Brock
2015 There
as Toth
2014 Happy Christmas
as Jeff
2014 Proxy
as Patrick Michaels
2014 Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
as Akin