Joe Swanberg
Directing
64
Acting Credits
34
Directed
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
Filmography
Loafers
2026
as Cameron's Boss
The Roast of Caveh Zahedi
2026
as Self
The Sun Never Sets
2026
as Keith
Invention
2025
as John
Chasing the Party
2025
as Staten
Coven of the Black Cube
2024
as Officer Lindley
Invader
2024
as Invader
Prisma
2024
as Joe
Blackout
2023
as Stuart
Good Guy with a Gun
2022
as Tom Greenwood
Offseason
2022
as George Darrow
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
The Show About Sundance
2017
as Self
Regional Bloodshed
2016
as self
Joshy
2016
as Aaron
Uncle Kent 2
2016
as Joe
There
2015
as Toth
Lace Crater
2015
as Dean
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015
as Brock
The Show About the Show
2015
The Sacrament
2014
as Jake
Proxy
2014
as Patrick Michaels
Happy Christmas
2014
as Jeff
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014
as Akin
You're Next
2013
as Drake Davison
Detonator
2013
as Sid
Drinking Buddies
2013
as Angry Car Guy
White Reindeer
2013
as George
24 Exposures
2013
as Literary Agent
The Kings of Yorktown
2013
as Bartender
Cats and Trees
2012
as Al
Stage Brother
2012
as Self
V/H/S
2012
as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
Empire Builder
2012
as The Husband
Marriage Material
2012
Be Good
2012
as Joe
Silver Bullets
2011
as Ethan
Uncle Kent
2011
as Joe
Art History
2011
as Sam
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011
Caitlin Plays Herself
2011
as Joe
The Zone
2011
as Director
Autoerotic
2011
A Horrible Way to Die
2010
as Kevin
Audrey the Trainwreck
2010
as Jeremy Roth
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
2010
as Brandon
Blackmail Boys
2010
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009
as Hazmat Team
The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009
Birthday Suit
2009
You Wont Miss Me
2009
Nights and Weekends
2008
as James
Paintbrush
2008
Present Company
2008
as Archibald King
The Timebox Twins
2007
as Boy
Hohokam
2007
as The Jeffery
Grammy's
2007
as Clarence
Quiet City
2007
as Adam
LOL
2006
as Tim
Young American Bodies
2006
as Ben
Kissing on the Mouth
2005
as Patrick
Bless Me Father
2001
as Father Sexy