Josh Stolberg
Birth date6 March 1971 (age 55)[1]
Birth placeColumbia, South Carolina, United States
OccupationFilm 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

YearFilm
DirectorWriterProducer
2005Kids in America
The Life Coach
2007Good Luck Chuck
2009Sorority Row
2010Piranha 3D
2011Conception
2013Crawlspace
Feels So Good
2014The Hungover Games
2017Jigsaw
2021Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2023Saw X
2025Skillhouse

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 July 9, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. 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 December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "Jack Black and Todd Phillips Team for 'Man-Witch'!". Movieweb. June 18, 2007.

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