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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Invention as John
2025Chasing the Party
2024PRISMA as Joe
2024Coven of the Black Cube as Officer Lindley
2024Invader
2023Blackout as Stuart
2022Good Guy with a Gun as Tom Greenwood
2022Offseason as George Darrow
201990 Years of the Music Box Theatre as Self
2019Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do as Pauly
2017Flames as Joe Swanberg
2016Regional Bloodshed as self
2016Uncle Kent 2 as Joe
2016Joshy as Aaron
2015The Show About the Show
2015Lace Crater as Dean
2015Bloomin Mud Shuffle as Brock
2015There as Toth
2014Happy Christmas as Jeff
2014The Sacrament as Jake
2014Proxy as Patrick Michaels
2014Thou Wast Mild and Lovely as Akin
2013White Reindeer as George
2013Drinking Buddies as Angry Car Guy
2013You're Next as Drake Davison
201324 Exposures as Literary Agent
2013The Kings of Yorktown as Bartender
2013Detonator as Sid
2012Stage Brother as Self
2012V/H/S as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
2012Empire Builder as The Husband
2012Marriage Material
2012Be Good as Joe
2012Cats and Trees as Al
2011Caitlin Plays Herself as Joe
2011Silver Bullets as Ethan
2011Art History as Sam
2011What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011Autoerotic
2011The Zone as Director
2011Uncle Kent as Joe
2010A Horrible Way to Die as Kevin
2010Blackmail Boys
2010Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her as Brandon
2010Audrey the Trainwreck as Jeremy Roth
2009Birthday Suit
2009The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever as Hazmat Team
2009You Wont Miss Me
2008Nights and Weekends as James
2008Paintbrush
2008Present Company as Archibald King
2007Quiet City as Adam
2007Hohokam as The Jeffery
2007The Timebox Twins as Boy
2007Grammy's as Clarence
2006Young American Bodies as Ben
2006LOL as Tim
2005Kissing on the Mouth as Patrick
2001Bless Me Father as Father Sexy
—Killing the canary as Chris
—Loafers as Cameron's Boss
—Fast Star Wellness
—Joe Swanberg's Quiet City as Charlie