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

V/H/S

You're Next

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

Drinking Buddies

The Sacrament

Joshy

Young American Bodies

The Show About the Show

All Movies (61)

• Loafers2026 · as Cameron's Boss
• Invention2025 · as John
• Chasing the Party2025 · as Staten
• Coven of the Black Cube2024 · as Officer Lindley
• Invader2024 · as Invader
• Blackout2023 · as Stuart
• Good Guy with a Gun2022 · as Tom Greenwood
• Offseason2022 · as George Darrow
• 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre2019 · as Self
• Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do2019 · as Pauly
• Flames2017 · as Joe Swanberg
• Regional Bloodshed2016 · as self
• Uncle Kent 22016 · as Joe
• Joshy2016 · as Aaron
• Lace Crater2015 · as Dean
• Bloomin Mud Shuffle2015 · as Brock
• There2015 · as Toth
• Happy Christmas2014 · as Jeff
• The Sacrament2014 · as Jake
• Proxy2014 · as Patrick Michaels
• Thou Wast Mild and Lovely2014 · as Akin
• White Reindeer2013 · as George
• Drinking Buddies2013 · as Angry Car Guy
• You're Next2013 · as Drake Davison
• 24 Exposures2013 · as Literary Agent
• The Kings of Yorktown2013 · as Bartender
• Detonator2013 · as Sid
• Stage Brother2012 · as Self
• V/H/S2012 · as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
• Empire Builder2012 · as The Husband
• Marriage Material2012
• Cats and Trees2012 · as Al
• Be Good2012 · as Joe
• Caitlin Plays Herself2011 · as Joe
• Silver Bullets2011 · as Ethan
• Art History2011 · as Sam
• What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape2011
• Autoerotic2011
• The Zone2011 · as Director
• Uncle Kent2011 · as Joe
• A Horrible Way to Die2010 · as Kevin
• Blackmail Boys2010
• Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her2010 · as Brandon
• Audrey the Trainwreck2010 · as Jeremy Roth
• Birthday Suit2009
• The Mountain, the River and the Road2009
• Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever2009 · as Hazmat Team
• You Wont Miss Me2009
• Nights and Weekends2008 · as James
• Paintbrush2008
• Present Company2008 · as Archibald King
• Quiet City2007 · as Adam
• Hohokam2007 · as The Jeffery
• The Timebox Twins2007 · as Boy
• Grammy's2007 · as Clarence
• LOL2006 · as Tim
• Kissing on the Mouth2005 · as Patrick
• Bless Me Father2001 · as Father Sexy
• Killing the canary— · as Chris
• Joe Swanberg's Quiet City— · as Charlie
• Fast Star Wellness—

All TV Shows (3)

• PRISMA2024 · as Joe
• The Show About the Show2015
• Young American Bodies2006 · as Ben