Josh Safdie

Josh Safdie

also known as Joshua Safdie
Birthday: 03 Apr 1984
Birth place: New York City, New York, USA
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Josh Safdie is an American director and scriptwriter and is best known for Good Time (2017). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Benny Safdie, there were born in New York and living between their father in Queens and their mother in Manhattan. Josh and Benny began making movies at a young age, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father. Josh attended Boston University and began making short films at a young age. In 2007, Partners & Spade co-founder Andy Spade commissioned Josh Safdie to create a short film to promote Kate Spade Handbags. Together, Josh and Benny and their cohort submitted instead a feature-length script, which they began shooting with Spade's support. The film premiered at SXSW in March 2008. It also played at the Cannes sidebar Directors' Fortnight, along with a short film The Acquaintances of a Lonely John directed by Benny. Their second feature film, Daddy Longlegs, premiered at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes under an alternate title Go Get Some Rosemary in 2009 and played its American debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Lenny Cooke, their first full-length documentary premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. Also premiering at the Venice Film Festival was their feature film Heaven Knows What (2014) where it won the C.I.C.A.E Award.

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