Joseph Nussbaum (born January 10, 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter. Nussbaum got his break into the film industry by passing around Hollywood offices his short film ''

George Lucas in Love ''George Lucas in Love'' is a 1999 American parodical short film directed by Joe Nussbaum. A parody of ''Shakespeare in Love'', it depicts a young George Lucas and his real-life inspirations behind the characters and plot of ''Star Wars''. Upon ...

''. The success of the film eventually got him a deal with DreamWorks, and he has since directed films such as the 2004 production ''

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'', the 2006 film '' American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and the 2007 film ''

Sydney White ''Sydney White'' is a 2007 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Joe Nussbaum and written by Chad Gomez Creasey based on the story of "Snow White". The film, starring Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton and Matt Long, was released theatrically ...

'' starring

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. He has also co-written such screenplays as 2016's '' The Late Bloomer''. He also directed the Walt Disney Pictures film ''

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'', starring Aimee Teegarden and

Nicholas Braun Nicholas Joseph Braun (born May 1, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Hirsch in the HBO series '' Succession'' (2018–present), for which he has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sup ...

. Nussbaum also directed a number of television series including MTV's '' Awkward'' and '' Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'', ABC's '' Back in the Game'' and '' Super Fun Night'', and FOX's ''

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''. Since 2015 he has been directing the television series '' Just Add Magic'' from Amazon Network.

Personal life

Nussbaum is a graduate of Brighton High School in

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, where he was one of the co-creators of ''Brighton Beat'', a weekly news show that was broadcast throughout the school. ''Brighton Beat'' was the precursor to ''The Morning Show'', a daily news show that is broadcast in the school to this day. Nussbaum is also a graduate of the

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. He is

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Filmography

Director

* ''

'' (short film) (1999) * ''

'' (2004) * '' American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2011) * '' Upside-Down Magic'' (2020)

Writer

* '' The Late Bloomer'' (2016)

References

External links

* American film directors Jewish American screenwriters American television directors USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni English-language film directors Living people Artists from Minneapolis American male screenwriters Screenwriters from Minnesota 1973 births 21st-century American Jews Comedy film directors {{US-film-director-stub