Directed credits
10
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Joshua Seftel
Directing
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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 1All crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 93047
IMDb ID: nm0781733
Known for: Directing
Born: July 17, 1968
Age: 58
Place of birth: Schenectady, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2025
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.23
Wikidata: Q3186037
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Director (10)
Biography
Joshua Seftel (born July 17, 1968) is an American filmmaker. Born in Schenectady, New York, Seftel graduated from Tufts University in the class of 1990 as a pre-med and French literature major. He currently lives in New York City and is represented by Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, California. Seftel directed the feature film comedy War, Inc. (2008), a political satire about an American assassin sent on a mission to a war zone in Central Asia, starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, and Ben Kingsley. He also directed the award-winning documentary about American campaign politics, Taking on the Kennedys.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Joshua Seftel.
A Century of Flight
Director
2025 Movie
All the Empty Rooms
Director
2025 Movie
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
Director
2023 Movie
Stranger at the Gate
Director
2022 Movie
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
Director
2015 Movie
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Director
2013 Movie
Where Did We Come From?
Director
2011 Movie
War, Inc.
Director
2008 Movie
Taking on the Kennedys
Director
1996 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Joshua Seftel.
NOVA scienceNOW
Director • 7 eps
2005 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Joshua Seftel.
War, Inc.
Director
2008 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Joshua Seftel.
All the Empty Rooms
Director
2025 Movie
War, Inc.
Director
2008 Movie
Stranger at the Gate
Director
2022 Movie
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Director
2013 Movie
Where Did We Come From?
Director
2011 Movie
Taking on the Kennedys
Director
1996 Movie
A Century of Flight
Director
2025 Movie
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
Director
2023 Movie
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
Director
2015 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Joshua Seftel.
NOVA scienceNOW
Director • 7 eps
2005 Series