Joshua Seftel

Director · 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 10

2020s

2025
A Century of Flight
Director
All the Empty Rooms
Director
88
2023
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
Director
2022
Stranger at the Gate
Director

2010s

2015
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
Director
2013
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Director
2011
Where Did We Come From?
Director

2000s

2008
War, Inc.
Director
46
2005
NOVA scienceNOW
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1990s

1996
Taking on the Kennedys
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Produced 6