Biography
Joe Swanberg (b. 1981) studied film production at Southern Illinois University where he developed an interest in emerging video technology and a crippling addiction to the Internet. His three features, KISSING ON THE MOUTH (2005), LOL (2006) and HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS (2007), all premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, and HANNAH was released theatrically in 2007 by IFC FirstTake. He is finishing up his latest feature, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, and is in pre-production on another, SAVE THE DATE, set to shoot in early 2008. He continues to produce and direct the popular web series, YOUNG AMERICAN BODIES, for Nerve.com, and he is finishing production on a private investigator show called BUTTERKNIFE, for Spout.com. He lives with his wife, Kris, in Chicago, IL.