Max Joseph

Max Joseph

Birth : 1982-01-16, New York City, New York, USA

History

H. Maxwell Joseph (born January 16, 1982) is an American filmmaker and television host. From New York City, Joseph was both a host, with Nev Schulman, and the cameraman for Catfish: The TV Show. Joseph was absent from Catfish for several episodes in the 4th season to make his feature film debut We Are Your Friends, starring Zac Efron and released in 2015. Joseph announced that he will be leaving the popular MTV show, Catfish: The TV Show after 7 seasons co-hosting with Nev Schulman. Joseph's last episode aired on August 22, 2018 and he was replaced in 2020 by Kamie Crawford. Joseph has directed several films including 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic, Garden of Eden, Let's Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates and several other productions.

Profile

Max Joseph

Movies

15 Minutes of Shame
Director
Monica Lewinsky and filmmaker Max Joseph (Catfish) examine the human price of public shaming and cyber-harassment, profiling people who have experienced them first-hand - while investigating the bullies, bystanders, and experts in between.
15 Minutes of Shame
Executive Producer
Monica Lewinsky and filmmaker Max Joseph (Catfish) examine the human price of public shaming and cyber-harassment, profiling people who have experienced them first-hand - while investigating the bullies, bystanders, and experts in between.
15 Minutes of Shame
Self
Monica Lewinsky and filmmaker Max Joseph (Catfish) examine the human price of public shaming and cyber-harassment, profiling people who have experienced them first-hand - while investigating the bullies, bystanders, and experts in between.
Nobody's Fool
Himself
A woman, who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, discovers she is in an online relationship with a man who may be "catfishing" her.
BOOKSTORES
Director
Max spends a year traveling around the world visiting beautiful, unique bookstores and speaking with experts about how to balance his content diet in order to read more.
DICKS
Director
Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?
We Are Your Friends
Screenplay
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.
We Are Your Friends
Director
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.
Metropolis II
Editor
A film about a sculpture by Chris Burden.
12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic
Director
In the latest film from Red Bull Music Academy, we turn our attention to DFA: the iconic NYC record label that got the indie kids to dance. Narrated by Marc Maron, it features music and appearances from James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Holy Ghost!, The Juan MacLean, Shit Robot, Sinkane, YACHT and many more! - Written by Anonymous
SAAB Story
Director
Billy Braver used to be famous. In the 70s he headlined the biggest comedy clubs in New York and Los Angeles and appeared on legendary shows like Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Hollywood Squares, and Dinah Shore. 30 years later he's selling SAABs at a dealership on the other side of the Hollywood Hills, telling his sob story to anyone who'll listen. But when the economy tanks, Billy is let go from SAAB. With no other jobs available he decides to give comedy another shot.
Let's Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates
Director
In 2008, 37 death row inmates were executed. None of their organs was donated. Now consider that there are currently 2,775 people on the waiting list for a heart transplant. Graeme Wood makes the case for harvesting healthy organs from death row inmates.