Josh Stolberg
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Josh Stolberg is an American film director, screenwriter, and photographer. Stolberg is known for comedies, such as the film Good Luck Chuck, starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler.[1][2]
Career
[edit]He won the Seashore Award and the Queen Spirit Award as a director of the film The Life Coach. He also wrote and directed the 2005 film Kids in America,[3] and made a cameo appearance as a security guard in the film. He was also a part of the writing team for the first two episodes of Book 1: Water of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
He also branched into horror films, penning the remakes Piranha 3D (directed by Alexandre Aja) and Sorority Row. He co-wrote the scripts for several entries in the long-running Saw franchise, such as Jigsaw, Spiral[4] and Saw X.[5][6] Among his projects in development are the adaptation of the book The Spellman Files, to be produced by Laura Ziskin; Man-Witch (to be directed by Todd Phillips[7]) as well as the adaptation of the book The Candy Shop War.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||
| 2005 | Kids in America | Yes | Yes | No |
| The Life Coach | Yes | No | No | |
| 2007 | Good Luck Chuck | No | Yes | No |
| 2009 | Sorority Row | No | Yes | No |
| 2010 | Piranha 3D | No | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Conception | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Crawlspace | Yes | Yes | No |
| Feels So Good | Yes | No | Executive | |
| 2014 | The Hungover Games | Yes | No | No |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | No | Yes | No |
| 2021 | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | No | Yes | No |
| 2023 | Saw X | No | Yes | No |
Co-producer
- Piranha 3DD (2012)
References
[edit]- ^ Roger Ebert (20 September 2007). "Good Luck Chuck". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
- ^ "Snarky Snippets From 2007 Movie Reviews". The Washington Post. December 29, 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (October 20, 2005). "A teen comedy with brains". Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ Miska, Brad (May 13, 2021). "Peter Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg On "Spiral: From The Book Of Saw"". CreativeScreenwriting. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ Miska, Brad (April 8, 2021). "'Saw' Franchise Targets Milestone Tenth Film as Development is Underway". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ Squires, Josh (December 15, 2021). "'Spiral' Writer Josh Stolberg Says the Next 'Saw' Movie Will "Make John Kramer Fans Very Happy"". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Jack Black and Todd Phillips Team for 'Man-Witch'!". June 18, 2007.
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