Directing
Joshua Seftel
Born July 17, 1968 Schenectady, New York, USA
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.
Directed Films
10.0
A Century of Flight
2025·Documentary
7.3
All the Empty Rooms
2025·Documentary
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The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
2023·Documentary
6.2
Stranger at the Gate
2022·Documentary
6.5
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2015·Documentary
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ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013·Documentary
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Where Did We Come From?
2011·Documentary
5.5
War, Inc.
2008·Action
9.0
Taking on the Kennedys
1996·Documentary