Director

Joshua Seftel

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 1All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 93047

IMDb ID: nm0781733

Known for: Directing

Born: July 17, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: Schenectady, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2025

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.28

Wikidata: Q3186037

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Biography

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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