Born in Detroit and reared just outside of Chicago, Joe Swanberg is a Midwestern guy who made it big in the mumblecore movie movement. The independent filmmaker was a Hollywood Video employee, web designer, and film production major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. After graduation, Joe made his first micro-budget feature Kissing on the Mouth (2005), serving as director, writer, producer, editor, and cinematographer. What can Mr. Man say other than Mr. Swanberg is all that and a...
Born in Detroit and reared just outside of Chicago, Joe Swanberg is a Midwestern guy who made it big in the mumblecore movie movement. The independent filmmaker was a Hollywood Video employee, web designer, and film production major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. After graduation, Joe made his first micro-budget feature Kissing on the Mouth (2005), serving as director, writer, producer, editor, and cinematographer. What can Mr. Man say other than Mr. Swanberg is all that and a bag of popcorn! Before directing Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston in the dramedy Drinking Buddies (2012), Joe worked with Greta Gerwig on LOL (2006), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), and Nights and Weekends (2008) which she co-directed with him. Best of all, the duo doffed their duds for the web series Young American Bodies (2006) which features his uncovered chest, bare balls and erect peen in a graphic sex scene! Next came Amy Seimetz who starred in Joe’s Alexander the Last (2009), Silver Bullets (2011) and Autoerotic (2011). The two also appeared onscreen in Todd Looby’s super indie flick Be Good (2013). Swanberg then acted alongside Melanie Lynskey and Lena Dunham in his holiday movie Happy Christmas (2016). Speaking of, Joe put the X into Xmas when he unwrapped his package in Zach Clark’s comedy White Reindeer (2013). If that’s not daring enough, the nude dude displayed his naked T&A too! With credits that include Love (2016-2017), Easy (2016-2019), XX (2017), and Depraved (2018), just reading Joe’s resume has us aroused!
