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Joshua Seftel (b. 1968)

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Birthplace:
Schenectady, New York, USA

Born:
July 17, 1968

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Director:
1996  Taking on the Kennedys
2008  War, Inc.
2012  What Will the Future Be Like?
2013  ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2015  The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2022  Stranger at the Gate
2023  The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic

Producer:
1996  Taking on the Kennedys
2008  War, Inc.
2012  What Will the Future Be Like?
2013  ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2015  The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2022  Stranger at the Gate
2023  The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic

Writer:
1996  Taking on the Kennedys
2008  War, Inc.
2012  What Will the Future Be Like?
2013  ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2015  The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2022  Stranger at the Gate
2023  The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic

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TV Production

Director:
2005  NOVA scienceNOW

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