Josh Stolberg

Josh Stolberg
Born (1971-03-06) 6 March 1971[1]
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Occupations
  • Film director
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
Years active1991-present

Josh Stolberg is an American film director, screenwriter, and photographer. He is known for comedies, such as the film Good Luck Chuck, starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler.[2][3] As of July 2025, Stolberg is the co-host of the filmmaking podcast Darren and Josh Make a Movie alongside Darren Lynn Bousman.[4]

Career

Stolberg 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,[5] 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[6] and Saw X.[7] 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[8]) as well as the adaptation of the book The Candy Shop War.

Filmography

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
2025 Skillhouse Yes Yes No

Co-producer

References

  1. ^ "Josh Stolberg". Empire. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ^ Roger Ebert (20 September 2007). "Good Luck Chuck". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Snarky Snippets From 2007 Movie Reviews". The Washington Post. December 29, 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  4. ^ "An Interactive Podcast Experience". An Interactive Podcast Experience. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger (October 20, 2005). "A teen comedy with brains". Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Jack Black and Todd Phillips Team for 'Man-Witch'!". Movieweb. June 18, 2007.

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