Joshua Seftel
Known for
Directing
Born
July 17, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Schenectady, New York, USA
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.
Best known work
War, Inc.
2008
All the Empty Rooms
2025
Stranger at the Gate
2022
NOVA scienceNOW
2005
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2015
Taking on the Kennedys
1996
A Century of Flight
2025
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
2023
What Will the Future Be Like?
2012
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013Filmography
2025
A Century of FlightDirector, Producer
2025
All the Empty RoomsDirector, Producer
2023
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global PandemicDirector, Producer
2022
Stranger at the GateDirector, Producer
2015
2013
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to StageDirector, Producer
2012
What Will the Future Be Like?Director
2011
Where Did We Come From?Director, Producer
2008
War, Inc.Director
2005
2003
Breaking the Mold: The Kee Malesky StoryDirector, Writer, Editor
2000
Ennis' GiftDirector, Producer
1996
Taking on the KennedysDirector, Writer