Joshua "Josh" Safdie (born April 3, 1984 in New York City) is an American director and screenwriter, best known for the New York-set thrillers Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Benny Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their European father in Queens and their New Yorker mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father who translated his love of cinema to Josh and his brother by constantly filming them.
Movie | Gone Tomorrow | 2025 | |
Movie | Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems | Self | 2020-03-10 |
Movie | Ezer Kenegdo | Levi | 2017-10-27 |
Movie | The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie | Self | 2017-10-03 |
Movie | 10 Crosby | 2016-02-02 | |
Movie | My Art | Tom | 2016-09-05 |
Series | Togetherness | Craddock Brother #1 | 2015-01-11 |
Movie | This Summer Feeling | Thomas | 2015-10-11 |
Movie | Stand Clear of the Closing Doors | Fighter | 2014-05-24 |
Movie | Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman | 2013-06-20 | |
Movie | Hellaware | 2013-06-22 | |
Movie | Daddy Longlegs | Chris | 2010-04-28 |
Series | The Neistat Brothers | Self | 2010-06-05 |
Movie | Taking Woodstock | Documentary Cameraman | 2009-08-26 |
Movie | Yeast | Riverguy 1 | 2008-03-10 |
Movie | The Pleasure of Being Robbed | Josh | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | The Back of Her Head | Him | 2007-01-20 |
Movie | We're Going to the Zoo | The Hitchhiker | 2006-06-23 |
Movie | The Ralph Handel Story | The Director (voice) | 2006-06-19 |