Joe Swanberg

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.

Works

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

A children’s TV show host, ensnared in a case of amnesia, must confront his missing memories as his puppet co-stars turn on him.

Release Date: 2024-11-15

Department: Production

Job: Producer

5.0

The Becomers

A romantic tale of two body-swapping aliens trying to find their place on this big, dumb planet.

Release Date: 2024-08-23

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 2

10.0

Invader

A young woman arrives in the Chicago suburbs and begins to suspect that something terrible has happened to her missing cousin, but soon realizes that her greatest fears don’t even begin to scratch the surface.

Release Date: 2024-03-15

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 1

5.5

The Rental

Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.

Release Date: 2020-07-23

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 905

5.5

Depraved

A field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East creates a living human out of body parts in his Brooklyn lab.

Release Date: 2019-09-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 50

5.9

Sword of Trust

When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

Release Date: 2019-07-12

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 89

5.8

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

Release Date: 2018-08-10

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 88

5.8

Golden Exits

An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.

Release Date: 2018-02-09

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 52

5.2

Person to Person

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

Release Date: 2017-07-28

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 49

5.7

Win It All

A gambling addict faces a conflict when entrusted with keeping a bunch of money that isn't his.

Release Date: 2017-03-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 261

6.1

Little Sister

After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.

Release Date: 2016-10-06

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 118

5.1

Digging for Fire

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.

Release Date: 2015-08-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 146

3.6

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.

Release Date: 2015-04-11

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Brock

Vote Count: 5

5.9

Queen of Earth

Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.

Release Date: 2015-02-07

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 152

5.1

Happy Christmas

After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.

Release Date: 2014-07-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Jeff

Vote Count: 162

5.6

All the Light in the Sky

An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.

Release Date: 2013-12-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 16

5.9

Drinking Buddies

Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

Release Date: 2013-08-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Angry Car Guy

Vote Count: 815

4.3

24 Exposures

Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.

Release Date: 2013-08-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Literary Agent

Vote Count: 29

5.2

Privacy Setting

A peeping Tom (Frank V. Ross) stumbles into a mutually beneficial relationship with an exhibitionist.

Release Date: 2013-02-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

6.1

V/H/S

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

Release Date: 2012-07-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")

Vote Count: 1566

7.0

Stray Bullets

A short film by Joe Swanberg included on the DVD of Silver Bullets. "footage from the first month of shooting a film that became Silver Bullets "several of the actors from Silver Bullets are playing different characters here "i hope this provides a window into my improvisatory process "this footage is not sound mixed or color corrected the dialogue is difficult to hear at times" — Joe Swanberg

Release Date: 2012-02-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

6.0

Marriage Material

Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend’s 6-month-old for a day. The experience causes them to examine their own relationship and their feelings about marriage and children.

Release Date: 2012-01-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character:

Vote Count: 7

4.3

Caitlin Plays Herself

Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill sends her relationship into a tailspin because her onstage nudity bothers her boyfriend.

Release Date: 2011-12-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Joe

Vote Count: 6

4.3

Silver Bullets

An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.

Release Date: 2011-10-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Ethan

Vote Count: 21

4.6

Art History

Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.

Release Date: 2011-09-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Sam

Vote Count: 18

4.6

Autoerotic

Autoerotic follows four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration. Through a unique blend of outrageous comedy and in-your-face sex, Autoerotic insightfully illuminates the private sexual lives of America’s urbanites.

Release Date: 2011-07-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character:

Vote Count: 18

5.3

The Zone

A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking.

Release Date: 2011-03-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Director

Vote Count: 18

5.5

Uncle Kent

A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest - a woman from New York who he met on Chatroulette.

Release Date: 2011-01-17

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Character: Joe

Vote Count: 20

5.1

Open Five

A blend of reality and fiction, "Open Five" follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.

Release Date: 2010-11-26

Department: Camera

Job: Director of Photography

Vote Count: 9

6.0

Birthday Suit

A spoof behind-the-scenes look at Joe Swanberg's (non-existent) new film, Birthday Suit, about a young couple's "on again, off again" sexual relationship. The (non-existent) film uses cutting edge technology developed at the WETA Workshop to create the illusion of graphic sexual content.

Release Date: 2009-09-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character:

Vote Count: 1

4.8

Alexander the Last

An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.

Release Date: 2009-03-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 19

One Shot

A single-shot short produced by Joe Swanberg for the Northwest Film Forum.

Release Date: 2009-03-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

5.7

Nights and Weekends

A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Release Date: 2008-10-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: James

Vote Count: 44

5.0

Ginger Sand

David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.

Release Date: 2008-08-22

Department: Camera

Job: Director of Photography

Vote Count: 1

5.2

Hannah Takes the Stairs

Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?

Release Date: 2007-08-22

Department: Camera

Job: Director of Photography

Vote Count: 45

6.5

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Broke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.

Release Date: 2007-04-27

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 84

3.0

Thanks for the Add!

A woman borrows a man's cell phone and makes a call.

Release Date: 2006-05-01

Department: Crew

Job: Cinematography

Vote Count: 1

5.8

LOL

The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.

Release Date: 2006-03-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Tim

Vote Count: 76

5.4

Kissing on the Mouth

Ellen is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend while trying to ignore the fact that he's looking for more than just sex. Her roommate, Patrick, isn't helping matters with his secretive and jealous behavior.

Release Date: 2005-03-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Patrick

Vote Count: 11

Hissy Fits

Guy gets angry at internet. Meets girl in the shops.

Release Date: 2005-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Mikey

A snapshot of a day in the life of a few young men passing the hours on their skateboards and wasting time out in the garage.

Release Date: 2003-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Kenneled

A destitute dogwalker finds a wealthy client who saves him from financial ruin. But this is no ordinary dog…

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Helldorado

Queho, a Native American serial killer with a checkered past, takes out the people of a struggling mining town in the stark deserts of Nevada one by one, with the town deputy right on his tail.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Yellow Eyes

A young couple inherits a house containing a mysterious relic that hosts the spirit of a powerful demon, and the wife of the man it possesses must find an exorcist to save him.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Untitled Jae Matthews Horror Feature Film

A young woman will do anything to avoid her ex at a secluded house party. But a supernatural virus passing through the partygoers may take care of him for her.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

PRISMA

PRISMA

Release Date: 2024-11-28

Character: Joe

Episode Count: 4

9.5

Coven of the Black Cube

A mysterious coven helps unhappy wives murder their husbands. A deadbeat stoner turns a pizzeria into a video rental headshop, and a lost soul falls in love with a serial killer, in this queer romance cursed by black magic and the occult!

Release Date: 2024-07-12

Character: Officer Lindley

Vote Count: 2

5.6

Blackout

Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a werewolf. He distances himself from those he loves and sinks deeper into solitude, as his flashes of memory of his grisly nighttime acts manifest themselves through his artwork.

Release Date: 2023-09-29

Character: Stuart

Vote Count: 9

5.0

Good Guy with a Gun

Follows a young man who after his father is murdered starts making bad choices, goes through life-threatening consequences and, of course, gets into guns.

Release Date: 2022-12-02

Character: Tom Greenwood

Vote Count: 1

5.2

Offseason

Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.

Release Date: 2022-03-11

Character: George Darrow

Vote Count: 104

3.5

Build the Wall

Kent is turning 50. He's not thrilled about it. His plans for a fun weekend with Sarah are upended when his friend Kev unexpectedly arrives to build him a wall.

Release Date: 2020-08-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 2

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Music Box Theatre" depicts filmmakers Werner Herzog, Lana Wachowski, Michael Shannon, Joe Swanberg, and more as they celebrate a 90-year-old cinema institution in Chicago, IL.

Release Date: 2019-08-07

Character: Self

Holy Trinity

In this eye-popping, spiritually rollicking film, queer femme dominatrix Trinity huffs a magic aerosol can and develops the ability to speak to the dead. Trinity’s submissive partner, Baby, is by her side as she journeys in and out of reality on this wild ride of John Waters–style queer spirituality and alternative sexuality. Absurdity, kink, and camp abound in this film filled with the cream of Chicago’s queer artist community, including the infamous Imp Queen.

Release Date: 2019-07-19

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Nobody Likes You as Much as I Do

An American couple argues about the safety of a French girl after a night out.

Release Date: 2019-04-06

Character: Pauly

5.8

Flames

A real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of first love until the throw of a dart finds them on a spontaneous trip to the Maldives and cracks open the question -- is their love true or just a performance?

Release Date: 2017-04-20

Character: Joe Swanberg

Vote Count: 4

Regional Bloodshed

Filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons discuss the Midwestern roots and work ethic of Lewis' output and how The Gore Gore Girls represents the shift into transgressive '70s cinema that would dominate the American horror landscape.

Release Date: 2016-10-25

Character: self

Easy
6.1

Easy

This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends with benefits, couples with kids. Whatever your relationship status is, it's always complicated.

Release Date: 2016-09-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 23

Vote Count: 143

5.7

Uncle Kent 2

In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.

Release Date: 2016-08-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Joe

Vote Count: 10

5.6

Joshy

After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the room and ask Josh how he’s feeling. As welcome and unwelcome guests stop by, Josh will attempt to find some closure over this weekend with the guys.

Release Date: 2016-08-12

Character: Aaron

Vote Count: 108

The Show About the Show
8.0

The Show About the Show

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.

Release Date: 2015-10-06

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

5.3

Lace Crater

Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter with Michael, a burlap-draped ghost that casually appears before her. Through this inter-paranormal relation, Ruth contracts an STD with alarming effects.

Release Date: 2015-09-10

Character: Dean

Vote Count: 23

There

A disgruntled veteran unable to adjust back into society justifies domestic terrorism by interpreting his actions with alien invasion.

Release Date: 2015-01-01

Character: Toth

5.5

Proxy

While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Character: Patrick Michaels

Vote Count: 97

5.2

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

The arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter.

Release Date: 2014-02-07

Character: Akin

Vote Count: 26

Looking
7.3

Looking

Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.

Release Date: 2014-01-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 148

5.2

White Reindeer

After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia.

Release Date: 2013-12-06

Character: George

Vote Count: 27

6.0

The Sacrament

Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.

Release Date: 2013-09-02

Character: Jake

Vote Count: 450

6.6

You're Next

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Release Date: 2013-08-22

Character: Drake Davison

Vote Count: 2491

The Kings of Yorktown

Ed and Richard are brothers. They're also con artists. Not incredibly successful ones, but they get by. Ed's the leader. Richard's a bit slow. Their old pal Henry, who used to work with them, gave up the con life to work as a security guard at a bank in rural Yorktown. Ed convinces Henry to get back in the game and help them pull their biggest con yet. Of course, they'll have to wade their way through Yorktown's quirky cast of characters to get what they want, which, as is often the case, seems to be ever-changing.

Release Date: 2013-03-18

Character: Bartender

Detonator

From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow up. The rhythm of Sully’s (Lawrence Levine, Gabi on the Roof In July) life drastically changes when he abandons Philadelphia’s gritty punk rock scene for suburban simplicity. Now, in a dull office job, Sully must support his family, while the lifestyle he had lead is tough to let go. Nostalgia puts him in a paralyzing daze of somber apathy, prompting his exasperated wife to beg him to focus on the present. When his reckless ex-bandmate arrives unexpectedly and drags Sully on a nightlong scheme, pulling him back into his old ways, Sully must decide what to sacrifice. The familiarity livens his soul and awakens his emotions, but when the safety of his family becomes endangered will Sully be able to decide what matters to him most?

Release Date: 2013-03-02

Character: Sid

2.0

Stage Brother

A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.

Release Date: 2012-09-22

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

5.0

Empire Builder

Jenny's life has changed significantly since she had a baby. her days of food activism and urban anthropology have been replaced by diapers and playtime at the park. When she inherits a cabin in Montana, she leaves the comfort of her Chicago high-rise and travels with her baby to a remote part of the country. While she waits for her husband to join her, she fashions a temporary life of independence for herself - one which takes an unsettling turn when she begins a dangerous relationship with the man her husband hired to fix the property.

Release Date: 2012-03-05

Character: The Husband

Vote Count: 1

Cats and Trees

Release Date: 2012-01-01

Character: Al

Be Good

Paul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife, Mary, returns to work. He is slowly driven crazy by his inability to work and becomes the jerk he thought he'd never be.

Release Date: 2012-01-01

Character: Joe

2.5

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man," and "Silver Bullets," each of which obliquely dramatizes an incident of sexual assault. The four stories take place in the same small American town on four different holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. "What Fun We Were Having" screened publicly once at the 2011 Fantasia International Film Festival, but received no further distribution.

Release Date: 2011-07-27

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character:

Vote Count: 2

5.2

A Horrible Way to Die

An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

Release Date: 2010-09-14

Character: Kevin

Vote Count: 83

4.6

Blackmail Boys

After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills. His longtime, long-distance boyfriend Aaron can't stand to be apart and finally joins him, determined to find enough work so that Sam can give up having sex for money. When the two decide to tie the knot and move to a state where they can marry, their financial worries intensify...until Aaron spies on Sam with a prominent client, and everything changes. This sweet and sexually explicit love story becomes an exhilarating extortion tale. contains graphic sexuality

Release Date: 2010-09-01

Vote Count: 8

5.0

Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her

Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.

Release Date: 2010-07-19

Character: Brandon

Vote Count: 5

5.8

Audrey the Trainwreck

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.

Release Date: 2010-03-17

Character: Jeremy Roth

Vote Count: 5

5.0

The Mountain, the River and the Road

Jeff, a wannabe writer flailing at his career, his romantic relationships and any effort to be a responsible adult, takes a road trip to flee his mundane life. After even that fails, he meets free-spirited motel clerk Cat, who revives his ambitions.

Release Date: 2009-09-25

Vote Count: 2

4.5

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.

Release Date: 2009-08-11

Character: Hazmat Team

Vote Count: 376

5.3

You Wont Miss Me

A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

Release Date: 2009-01-16

Vote Count: 12

Paintbrush

Made up entirely of stills, 'Paintbrush' presents portraits of ten users of a fictitious online social networking website. By detailing the information given by each user on their profile, the film explores themes surrounding identity, while also serving as a satire of online social networking.

Release Date: 2008-06-26

5.0

Present Company

Leading very separate lives, Christy and her boyfriend Buddy live together in her parent's basement with their baby Mikey. As Christy, a waitress and aspiring writer, and Buddy, a plumber's apprentice, struggle with the realities of their lives, questions are formed about obligations, consequences, and all the identities we employ to get through the day.

Release Date: 2008-03-01

Character: Archibald King

Vote Count: 4

5.9

Quiet City

Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.

Release Date: 2007-08-29

Character: Adam

Vote Count: 20

5.0

Hohokam

After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out her anger on her ex-marine boyfriend, Anson. However, after a broken mug, a trip to the zoo and a case of the shingles Lori's mood changes.

Release Date: 2007-07-01

Character: The Jeffery

Vote Count: 4

The Timebox Twins

A brother and sister discover the secret behind the "timebox" a device that is used to keep schools on schedual, you hook four together and get a time machine!

Release Date: 2007-06-28

Character: Boy

Grammy's

Two brothers have a really bad time on a fishing trip until a stranger makes them a bizarre but lucrative offer.

Release Date: 2007-03-12

Character: Clarence

Killing the canary

Multiple perspectives of an open and shut home invasion converge to create this folkloric noir of deception and deceit.

Character: Chris

Young American Bodies
4.5

Young American Bodies

Young American Bodies is an American web series, which originally premiered on Nerve.com and currently airs on IFC and at IFC.com in the United States. Each short episode looks into the intersecting love lives of six twenty-somethings in Chicago. The series is produced and directed by Joe Swanberg, the director of Hannah Takes The Stairs and Nights and Weekends.

Release Date: 2006-05-02

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character: Ben

Episode Count: [ 37 ]

Vote Count: 2

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