Joe Swanberg
Biography
Joe Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1981. He moved around quite a bit growing up, even spending two years on an island in the Pacific Ocean named Kwajalein. He studied film production at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he developed an interest in emerging video technology and the creative possibilities of the Internet. He became an avid web designer in school, and did this to make money while he financed his first film, Kissing on the Mouth (2005). He also worked for the Chicago International Film Festival as "Travel Coordinator," though he had no formal experience with this prior to accepting the job.
45years old
Turns 46 on August 31in 322 days
- Born Detroit
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Joseph Swanberg
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 15 years2008 to 2023
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First role
Kissing on the Mouth, Swanberg's first feature film, was released in 2005. He took on writing, directing, editing, shooting, producing and starring duties for it, working with a modest budget.
Behind the camera
Swanberg has spoken up for putting independent films online, and he released his 2011 feature Marriage Material for free on his Vimeo page.
A change of course
In 2021, Swanberg opened Analog Pizza and Video Store, a shop that rents VHS tapes. It sits in Chicago, in the back room of Borelli's Pizzeria.
Joe Swanberg movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Adam Wingard directed three of these films. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Amy Seimetz's page
Kate Lyn Sheil's page
Kris Swanberg's page
Ti West's page
Lane Hughes's page
Larry Fessenden's page
All films by Adam Wingard
Also three films together3 more actors
- AJ BowenThe Sacrament (2014), You're Next (2011) and A Horrible Way to Die (2010)
- Simon BarrettV/H/S (2012), You're Next (2011) and A Horrible Way to Die (2010)
- Jude SwanbergJoshy (2016), Uncle Kent 2 (2015) and Happy Christmas (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Joe Swanberg's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$14.8 million
5 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 10 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$14M96.7% of the total
- 2$343K2.3% of the total
- 3$100K0.7% of the total
- 4$30K0.2% of the total
- 5$9K0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.