Joe Swanberg
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.
33 directing credits · 64 acting credits
Directing · 33
Easy
2016
Looking
2014
V/H/S
2012
Drinking Buddies
2013
Digging for Fire
2015
Happy Christmas
2014
The Sun Never Sets
2026
Art History
2011
Hannah Takes the Stairs
2007
Autoerotic
2011
All the Light in the Sky
2013
Win It All
2017
Kissing on the Mouth
2005
The Zone
2011
Uncle Kent
2011
Alexander the Last
2009
Silver Bullets
2011
24 Exposures
2013
Nights and Weekends
2008
Build the Wall
2020
Marriage Material
2012
Stray Bullets
2012
Birthday Suit
2009
LOL
2006
Privacy Settings
2013
Caitlin Plays Herself
2011
Thanks for the Add!
2006
One Shot
2009
Swedish Blueballs
2008
Mikey
2003
Fast Star Wellness
—
Bless Me Father
2001
Hissy Fits
2005
Acting · 64
You're Next
2013
V/H/S
2012
Drinking Buddies
2013
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009
The Show About the Show
2015
The Sacrament
2014
Young American Bodies
2006
Happy Christmas
2014
Joshy
2016
Art History
2011
Uncle Kent 2
2016
Autoerotic
2011
Offseason
2022
Proxy
2014
Blackout
2023
Kissing on the Mouth
2005
PRISMA
2024
The Zone
2011
Uncle Kent
2011
Silver Bullets
2011
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011
Lace Crater
2015
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015
24 Exposures
2013
A Horrible Way to Die
2010
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014
Invention
2025
White Reindeer
2013
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019
Blackmail Boys
2010
Nights and Weekends
2008
Good Guy with a Gun
2022
There
2015
Marriage Material
2012
Audrey the Trainwreck
2010
You Wont Miss Me
2009
Birthday Suit
2009
LOL
2006
Invader
2024
Coven of the Black Cube
2024
Flames
2017
Chasing the Party
2025
Caitlin Plays Herself
2011
Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do
2019
Empire Builder
2012
Be Good
2012
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
2010
The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009
Hohokam
2007
Present Company
2008
Loafers
2026
Quiet City
2007
Killing the canary
—
Paintbrush
2008
The Kings of Yorktown
2013
Stage Brother
2012
Grammy's
2007
Detonator
2013
Joe Swanberg's Quiet City
—
Fast Star Wellness
—
Regional Bloodshed
2016
Cats and Trees
2012
Bless Me Father
2001
The Timebox Twins
2007