Director
Joshua Seftel
Born 1968 · Schenectady, New York, USA
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
War, Inc.
Director · 2008
All the Empty Rooms
Director · 2025
A Century of Flight
Director · 2025
NOVA scienceNOW
Director · 2005
Stranger at the Gate
Director · 2022
Taking on the Kennedys
Director · 1996
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
Director · 2015
Where Did We Come From?
Director · 2011
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
Director · 2023
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Director · 2013
What Will the Future Be Like?
Director · 2012