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Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent filmmaker and actor.
Known for micro-budget dramas which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process.
Swanberg was born on August 31, 1981 in Detroit. He attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as a film major, earning a Bachelor's Degree in 2003. Two years later, Swanberg directed his first feature, Kissing on the Mouth. He followed it with LOL (2006), which marked Swanberg's first time working with actress Greta Gerwig. Gerwig and Swanberg collaborated on the director's next two features: Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), which also starred filmmakers Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young, and Mark Duplass and marked Swanberg's first collaboration with animator and actor Kent Osborne; and Nights and Weekends (2008), on which Gerwig shared a directing credit. Swanberg's next feature, Alexander the Last, was produced by Noah Baumbach, who would later cast Gerwig opposite Ben Stiller in his 2010 film Greenberg.
Actors: Christopher Dunne (actor), Vidal Sancho (actor), Andy Simms (composer), Will Steer (miscellaneous crew), Lydia Esler (writer), Lydia Esler (director), Lydia Esler (producer), Virginia Byron (actor), Ashlea Kaye (actress), Rogelio M (actor), Samantha Arends (actor), Nicole Paphitis (actor), M Shakespeare (actor), Nadia Matthews (producer), Andy Phillips (editor),
Plot: Alone, LOL stands on the threshold of unknown territory. She resides with her dad in his makeshift market stall van. LOL watches customers come and go, fantasising about the glamour of their lives, far away from the harsh custody battle she is embroiled in. To escape her solitude, LOL packs herself into a suitcase, with the vain hope that it will transport her to a brighter place. By a cruel twist, she finds herself in a dimly lit motel room with a stranger, in stark liminal space.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Charles Dance (actor), Frank Harper (writer), Frank Harper (actor), Jamie Foreman (actor), Sean Pertwee (actor), Chris Wilson (actor), Frank Harper (director), Craig Fairbrass (actor), Nick Moran (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Vincent Regan (actor), Ludger Pistor (actor), Zlatko Buric (actor), Ashley Walters (actor),
Plot: Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, the story races across Europe at breakneck speed as Micky and Ray attempt to stay one step ahead of the Police. Can they pull off a daring diamond heist in time to put things right and retire to a "legitimate" way of life.
Keywords: diamonds, gangster, heistActors: Laura Lomax (producer), Tall Paul (actor), James Kirkham (editor), James Kirkham (director), James Kirkham (writer), Daniel Kenwright (actor), Luke Hodgkinson (composer), Damien Speed (actor), Louise Sinclair-Jones (actress), Rosalie Mieville (actress), Ryan Moohan (actor), Jessica Loren (actress), Emily Alacan (actress), Helen Grant (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Rebecca Mark-Lawson (producer), Claire Cathcart (actress), Miranda Fleming (producer), Brendan Mackey (actor), Ricci-Lee Berry (miscellaneous crew), Stephen North (director), Ciaran Flynn (actor), Phil Hartnoll (composer), Branwell Donaghey (actor), Richard Landy (producer), David Irvine (writer), David Irvine (actor), Tim Porter (editor), Lucy Guard (miscellaneous crew), John MacCrossan (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Frank Harper (actor), Prince Charles (actor), Kate Ogborn (producer), Paul Trijbits (producer), Princess Diana (actress), Tarn Harper (miscellaneous crew), Margaret Thatcher (actress), Ronald Reagan (actor), Stephen Graham (actor), Tessa Ross (producer), Peter Carlton (producer), Perry Benson (actor), Shane Meadows (writer), Mark Herbert (producer), Shane Meadows (director),
Plot: This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him.
Keywords: 11-year-old, 1980s, abandoned-building, beach, beating, bell-bottoms, bicycle, birthday, birthday-cake, bloodActors: Laszlo Barna (producer), Annemarie Aaes (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Brunjes (editor), Callum Keith Rennie (actor), James Mitchell (producer), Jason Barry (actor), Anne Frank (miscellaneous crew), Lars Valentin (miscellaneous crew), Ernest Ndhlovu (actor), Jonathan Cavendish (producer), Mary Callery (producer), Anthony Bishop (actor), Ruy Filipe (costume designer), Mark Byrne (miscellaneous crew), Kirstie Edgar (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: An international group of young, idealistic aid workers are caught in a Sudanese war zone. In the midst of the difficulties of their inter personal relations they have to contend with mounting external tensions and difficulties they increasingly face to provide basic care.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Roger Ward (actor), Tim Burstall (producer), John Clayton (actor), Wendy Hughes (actress), Judy Davis (actress), Peter Cummins (actor), Joseph Bottoms (actor), Terry Norris (actor), Sean Scully (actor), Paul Young (actor), Gus Mercurio (actor), Simon Chilvers (actor), Edward McQueen-Mason (editor), Terry Gill (actor), Alan Finney (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Luis Aldás (actor), Arturo de Córdova (actor), Miguel Ángel Ferriz (actor), Daniel 'Chino' Herrera (actor), Rodolfo Landa (actor), Max Langler (actor), Isabela Corona (actress), Mauricio de la Serna (producer), Alfredo B. Crevenna (writer), Chano Urueta (writer), Chano Urueta (director), Emilio Gómez Muriel (editor), Estela Inda (actress), Francisco Cabrera (producer), Silvestre Revueltas (composer),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance,