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

Easy
2016
Looking
2014
You're Next
2013
Yellow Eyes
2026
The Rental
2020
V/H/S
2012
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
2026
Young American Bodies
2006
Drinking Buddies
2013
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009
The Show About the Show
2019
The Sacrament
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
68
Directing
36
Writing
28
Producing
38
Camera
12
Editing
18
Sound
2
Crew
8
2026
Loafers
as Cameron's Boss
2026
The Roast of Caveh Zahedi
as Self
2026
The Sun Never Sets
as Keith
2025
Invention
as John
2025
Chasing the Party
as Staten
2024
Coven of the Black Cube
as Officer Lindley
2024
Invader
as Invader
2024
Prisma
as Joe
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
2019
The Show About the Show
2017
Flames
as Joe Swanberg
2017
The Show About Sundance
as Self
2016
Regional Bloodshed
as self
2016
Joshy
as Aaron
2016
Uncle Kent 2
as Joe
2015
There
as Toth
2015
Lace Crater
as Dean
2015
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
as Brock
2014
The Sacrament
as Jake
2014
Proxy
as Patrick Michaels
2014
Happy Christmas
as Jeff
2014
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
as Akin
2013
You're Next
as Drake Davison
2013
Detonator
as Sid
2013
Drinking Buddies
as Angry Car Guy
2013
White Reindeer
as George
2013
24 Exposures
as Literary Agent
2013
The Kings of Yorktown
as Bartender
2012
Cats and Trees
as Al
2012
Stage Brother
as Self
2012
V/H/S
as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
2012
Empire Builder
as The Husband
2012
Marriage Material
2012
Be Good
as Joe
2011
Silver Bullets
as Ethan
2011
Uncle Kent
as Joe
2011
Art History
as Sam
2011
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011
Caitlin Plays Herself
as Joe
2011
The Zone
as Director
2011
Autoerotic
2010
A Horrible Way to Die
as Kevin
2010
Audrey the Trainwreck
as Jeremy Roth
2010
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
as Brandon
2010
Blackmail Boys
as Andrew Kenneth Tucker
2009
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
as Hazmat Team
2009
The Mountain, the River and the Road
2009
Birthday Suit
2009
You Wont Miss Me
2009
Son of a Seahorse
as James / Paul
2008
Nights and Weekends
as James
2008
Paintbrush
2008
Present Company
as Archibald King
2007
The Timebox Twins
as Boy
2007
Hohokam
as The Jeffery
2007
Grammy's
as Clarence
2007
Quiet City
as Adam
2006
LOL
as Tim
2006
Young American Bodies
as Ben
2005
Kissing on the Mouth
as Patrick
2001
Bless Me Father
as Father Sexy
Killing the Canary
as Chris
Joe Swanberg's Quiet City
as Charlie
Untitled Joe Swanberg Rock Comedy