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Joshua Seftel

Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn July 17, 1968 (57 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • War, Inc.
  • How to Fix a Primary

Known For

  • War, Inc.
  • Stranger at the Gate
  • FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman
  • NOVA scienceNOW
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
  • All the Empty Rooms
  • Confessions of a Matchmaker

Joshua Seftel Filmography

1979

2005
NOVA scienceNOW (TV Series)

2011
Lidia Celebrates America (TV Series) · as Executive Producer For Seftel Productions
2007
Confessions of a Matchmaker (TV Series) · as Supervising Producer
2007
This American Life (TV Series) · as Segment Producer
2003
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (TV Series) · as Story Producer

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