Josh Safdie

What strikes me most about Josh Safdie is how he turned anxiety into an art form. Good Time and Uncut Gems do not just depict stress; they transmit it straight into your bloodstream, and that relentless street-level energy feels inseparable from his New York upbringing. The news that he and Benny would pursue solo careers initially saddened me, but I now see it as a fascinating experiment: how much of that signature chaos belongs to each brother individually? I suspect his solo work will reveal a filmmaker even more obsessive about texture and human desperation than we realized. Few directors make me this uncomfortable in such a rewarding way.

Joshua Henry Safdie (born April 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the crime thriller films Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019) with his younger brother Benny Safdie as the Safdie brothers. In 2024, it was reported that he and his brother would no longer be directing together and would pursue solo careers.

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Name (English)

Josh Safdie

Name (Japanese)

ジョシュ・サフディ

Reading

じょしゅ・さふでぃ

Born

April 3, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

Private

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / actor / cinematographer / director

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

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University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/JOSH_BENNY
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Safdie

Tags

• New York
• film director
• screenwriter
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.