Joe Swanberg

Birth Name:

Joe Swanberg

Birth Place:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound department, Camera department, Soundtrack, Make up department, Assistant director

Earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2003
Quote: "I am in it for the audiences, the people that are paying money to come see the movie․"
After more than a dozen films to his name, he would eventually hit mainstream success with 2012's "Drinking Buddies" which was quickly sold to Magnolia Pictures after premiering at the SXSW Film Festival
Considered one of the founding directors of the 21st century's 'mumblecore' independent film genre
Directed his first full length feature film only two years after graduating from college, 2005's "Kissing On the Mouth"

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