Joshua Henry Safdie (born April 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for his work with his younger brother, Benny Safdie, as one half of the acclaimed Safdie Brothers. Together, they developed a reputation for raw, urgent storytelling in films such as Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), and Uncut Gems (2019). In 2024, it was reported that the Safdie Brothers would no longer co-direct and would instead pursue solo projects. Josh's first feature since the split, Marty Supreme (2025), was critically acclaimed, earning him nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director.

Filmography

• 2027Slayground — Executive Producer
• Monsters of God — Executive Producer
• Neighbors — Executive Producer
• 2026The History of Concrete — Self (uncredited), Executive Producer
• 2026The Lion Queen — Executive Producer
• 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick You — Producer
• 2025Marty Supreme — Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
• 2025Noah Britton: The Best Stuff I've Ever Done — Additional Camera
• Pee-wee as Himself — Executive Producer
• 2025Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh — Executive Producer
• 2025Thank You Very Much — Executive Producer
• 2024Adam Sandler: Love You — Director, Producer
• Ren Faire — Executive Producer
• Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God — Executive Producer
• Telemarketers — Executive Producer
• The Curse — Executive Producer
• 2022Funny Pages — Producer
• 2022The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM — Arthur Fleminger (voice)
• Chillin Island — Executive Producer
• 2021Pigface — Executive Producer
• 2020Goldman v Silverman — Director, Camera Operator
• 2020Question & Answer — Self, Director, Writer, Editor
• 2019Uncut Gems — Mohegan Sun Gambler (uncredited), Director, Writer, Music Producer
• 2017Ezer Kenegdo — Levi
• 2017Good Time — Director, Writer
• 201610 Crosby
• 2016My Art — Tom
• 2016Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident — Director
• 2015A Fairy-Nose — Director
• 2015A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What
• 2015Gone Tomorrow — Director
• 2015Heaven Knows What — Casting, Director, Writer
• 2015This Summer Feeling — Thomas
• Togetherness — Craddock Brother #1
• 2014Stand Clear of the Closing Doors — Fighter
• 2013Hellaware — Gallery Patron
• 2013Lenny Cooke — Director, Cinematography
• 2013Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman — Bruce
• 2013Solid Gold — Director of Photography
• 2012Heartland — Director, Producer
• 2012Lose Her Island — Director
• 2012The Black Balloon — Director, Writer, Casting Director
• 2012Trophy Hunter — Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
• 2011Buttons — Director, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2011Straight Hustle — Director, Writer
• 2010Daddy Longlegs — Chris, Writer, Director, Co-Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2010John's Gone — Writer, Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
• The Neistat Brothers — Self, Set Decoration
• 2010Tiny Furniture — Thanks
• 2009Taking Woodstock — Documentary Cameraman (uncredited)
• 2008John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island — Director, Cinematography
• 2008The Pleasure of Being Robbed — Josh, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Story, Additional Camera
• 2008The Story of Charles Riverbank — Cinematography
• 2008There's Nothing You Can Do — Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
• 2008Yeast — Riverguy 1, Camera Operator, Sound
• 2007I Think I'm Missing Parts — Director, Writer
• 2007Jerry Ruis, Shall We Do This? — Director
• 2007Puberty: The Movie — Art Direction
• 2007The Back of Her Head — Him, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2006If You See Something, Say Something — Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
• 2006The Ralph Handel Story — The Director (voice), Director of Photography
• 2006We're Going to the Zoo — The Hitchhiker, Producer, Writer, Director
• 2005The Adventures of Slater's Friend — 2nd Cameraman, Director, Writer
• 2004Alberto Live in a Bathroom — Director, Writer
• 2002Lethargy — Writer, Director
• Deep Cuts — Producer
• Into the Woods with Mark — Cinematography
• Martha & Muhammad — Producer
• Superfakes — Executive Producer
• The Land of Nod — Producer
• Untitled Josh Safdie Project — Director, Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• Mr. Scorsese — Self
• 2020Behind the Soundtrack: 'Uncut Gems' with Daniel Lopatin — Self
• 2020Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems — Self
• 2017Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2011Second Stop from Jupiter: The Making of Daddy Longlegs — Himself
• The Oscars — Self