Judd Apatow (/ˈæpətaʊ/; born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), and The Bubble (2022). Through his company, Apatow produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Undeclared (2001–2002), Funny or Die Presents (2010–2011), Girls (2012–2017), Love (2016–2018), and Crashing (2017–2019). He also produced the films The Cable Guy (1996), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall(2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Begin Again (2013), and The Big Sick (2017). Throughout his career, Apatow has received nominations for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards(three wins), five Writers Guild of America Awards (one win), two Producers Guild of America Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Grammy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judd Apatow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027The Comeback King — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2026Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald — Producer, Director
• 2026Outcome — Thanks
• 2026Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story — Director, Producer
• 2026Pete Holmes: Silly Silly Fun Boy — Thanks
• 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Executive Producer
• 2025Poetic License — Producer
• 2025The New Yorker at 100 — Executive Producer
• 2024Flipside — Executive Producer
• 2024Ramy Youssef: More Feelings — Thanks
• STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces — Thanks
• 2024Stormy — Executive Producer
• 2023Bob and Don: A Love Story — Director, Executive Producer
• 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain — Producer
• 2022Bros — Producer
• George Carlin's American Dream — Director, Executive Producer
• 2022Stranger at the Gate — Thanks
• 2022The Bubble — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2021Ricky Velez: Here's Everything — Executive Producer
• 2020Mentally Al
• 2020The King of Staten Island — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2019Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh — Executive Producer
• 2018Juliet, Naked — Producer
• 2018Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin — Executive Producer
• 2018Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean — Executive Producer
• The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling — Self, Director, Executive Producer
• 2017Chris Gethard: Career Suicide — Executive Producer
• Crashing — Writer, Director
• 2017Jerry Before Seinfeld — Executive Producer
• 2017Judd Apatow: The Return — Himself, Screenplay
• 2017May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers — Director
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Testimonial
• 2017The Big Sick — Producer
• 2017The Disaster Artist — Judd Apatow (uncredited)
• 2016Doc & Darryl — Director
• 2016Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
• 2016I Had a Dream — Executive Producer
• Love — Director, Writer, Creator
• 2016Pee-wee's Big Holiday — Producer
• 2016Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds — Producer
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Producer
• 2016Sing Street — Thanks
• 2016The Comedian — Thanks
• 2015Trainwreck — Director, Producer
• 2014Begin Again — Producer
• 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues — Producer
• 2013Graham Parker & The Rumour: This Is Live — Director
• Girls — Executive Producer, Writer
• 2012The Five-Year Engagement — Producer
• 2012This Is 40 — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2012Wanderlust — Producer
• 2011Bridesmaids — Producer
• 2011Zookeeper — Barry the Elephant (voice)
• Funny or Die Presents — Creator
• 2010Get Him to the Greek — Producer
• 30 for 30 — Director
• 2009Funny People — Friend in video (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
• 2009Year One — Producer
• Yo Teach...! — Writer, Director, Creator
• 2008Drillbit Taylor — Producer
• 2008Forgetting Sarah Marshall — Producer
• 2008Pineapple Express — Producer, Story
• 2008Step Brothers — Producer
• 2008You Don't Mess with the Zohan — Screenplay
• 2007Knocked Up — Producer, Director, Writer
• 2007Superbad — Producer
• 2007The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis — Director
• 2007The TV Set — Executive Producer
• 2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story — Producer, Screenplay
• 2006American Storage — Executive Producer
• Help Me Help You
• 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — Producer
• 2005Fun with Dick and Jane — Screenplay, Story
• 2005Kicking & Screaming — Executive Producer
• 2005The 40 Year-Old Virgin — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — News Station Employee, Producer
• 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie — News Station Employee, Producer
• 2003Sick in the Head — Writer
• 2001North Hollywood — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• Undeclared — Writer, Producer, Director, Creator, Story
• Freaks and Geeks — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Story
• 1996Celtic Pride — Story, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1996The Cable Guy — Producer
• 1995Heavyweights — Homer, Writer, Executive Producer
• Mr. Show with Bob and David — Infomercial audience member, Judd Apatow
• 1995The TV Wheel — Writer
• The Critic — Jay Leno, Writer, Story
• 1992Crossing the Bridge — Associate Producer
• 1992The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show
• The Ben Stiller Show — Writer, Producer, Creator
• The Larry Sanders Show — Writer, Director, Producer
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act — Producer
• 1991Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth — Writer
• The Simpsons — Judd Apatow (voice), Writer
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Writer
• Business Trip — Producer
• Cola Wars — Director
• House of Joel — Producer
• Let's Do This — Producer
• Pure Imagination — Producer
• The Way I Was Made: The Story of a Man Called E — Producer
• Untitled Judd Apatow/Lucas Brothers Project — Producer
• Untitled Universal Romantic Comedy — Producer, Director

Appearances as themselves (59)

• 2025When We Went MAD! — Self
• 2024Hendrie — Self
• Stupid Pet Tricks — Self
• 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My Life — Self
• 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• Directors on Directors — Self
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2020The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions — Self
• 2020This Is Stand-Up — Self
• Biography: Comedy Icons — Self
• 2019Dads — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• 2019Hal — Self
• 2019Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Panelist
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019This Changes Everything — Self
• Cultureshock — Self
• 2018Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary — Self
• 2018Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self
• 2017A Goodbye to Girls — Self
• The History of Comedy — Self
• Join or Die with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2016The 4%: Film's Gender Problem — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Director / Producer
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2014This Is Comedy — Himself
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• 2013Picasso Baby — Self
• 2013Salinger — Self - Filmmaker
• 2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• 2012Don't Ask Me Questions: The Unsung Life of Graham Parker & The Rumour — Self
• Inside Comedy — Self
• 2012Mansome — Self
• Conan — Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza — Self
• 2009Funny People: Live — Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Monty Python Conquers America — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter