Director
Joshua Seftel
58 years · Schenectady, New York, USA · 9 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 9
A Century of Flight
2025 · Director, Producer
All the Empty Rooms
2025 · Director, Producer
The Steepest Climb: How Delta Air Lines Navigated the Global Pandemic
2023 · Director, Producer
Stranger at the Gate
2022 · Director, Producer
On Vimeo
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
2015 · Director
On Vimeo
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013 · Director, Producer
Where Did We Come From?
2011 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy
War, Inc.
2008 · Director
On Plex
Taking on the Kennedys
1996 · Director, Writer