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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.
Career
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, 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 and Saw X. 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) as well as the adaptation of the book The Candy Shop War.
Filmography
Year | Film | |||
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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
- 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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