Joshua Zeman
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Born | Sea Cliff, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 2002 – present |
Joshua Zeman is an American documentary film director, writer and producer.[1][2] He is best known for his documentaries Cropsey, The Killing Season and Murder Mountain.[3][4][5] He most recently directed and produced The Sons of Sam for Netflix.[6] He is represented by UTA.[7]
Education
Zeman graduated from Pennsylvania's Lehigh University in 1994.[8]
Career
Zeman's debut feature documentary, Cropsey, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009 and was a Critics' Pick with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Roger Ebert.[9][10][11] In 2011, he directed the short film, The Best Man for the Job, starring David Call. In 2012, he received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship and won the 2013 Djerassi Residency Award from the San Francisco Film Society.[12][13] He has co-produced or produced films including The Station Agent, Mysterious Skin, Choking Man and Against the Current.[14]
In 2016, Zeman directed a documentary television series, The Killing Season, for A&E about the case of the Long Island Serial Killer.[15] He also directed another series Murder Mountain, which premiered on Fusion TV and Netflix in 2018.[16]
In 2021, Zeman directed a documentary television series, The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, for Netflix.[17] Most recently, he directed The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio which was released theatrically by Bleecker Street.[18]
Filmography
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2002 | Mafia NY: Lifestyles of the Rich and Dangerous | Writer and producer | Documentary |
2003 | The Station Agent | Co-producer | Feature film |
2003 | Phileine Says Sorry | Producer | Feature film |
2004 | Mysterious Skin | Co-producer | Feature film |
2006 | The Hawk Is Dying | Producer | Feature film |
2006 | Choking Man | Producer | Feature film |
2009 | Against the Current | Producer | Feature film |
2009 | Rain Fall | Producer | Feature film |
2009 | Cropsey | Director, writer and producer | Documentary |
2011 | The Best Man For The Job | Director and writer | Short film |
2014 | Killer Legends | Director, writer and producer | Documentary |
2016 | The Killing Season | Director, writer and producer | Documentary series |
2018 | Murder Mountain | Director | Documentary series |
2021 | The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness | Director and producer | Documentary series |
2021 | The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 | Director, writer and producer | Documentary |
Awards and nominations
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2006 | Won | Gotham Awards | Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You | Choking Man | [19] |
2009 | Nominated | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Cropsey |
References
- ^ "'Sons of Sam' Director Joshua Zeman Believes Serial Killer David Berkowitz Didn't Act Alone". thewrap.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "'The Killing Season': Rachel Mills & Joshua Zeman on A&E's True-Crime Series and Alex Gibney". collider.com. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Tribeca Takes: Joshua Zeman on Cropsey". tribecafilm.com. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Meet 'The Killing Season' Investigators". bustle.com. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "'Murder Mountain' director responds to criticism by Humboldt County Sheriff's Office". krcrtv.com. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Zeman, Joshua - Filmmaker". DCEFF. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (2023-03-06). "UTA Signs 'Cropsey' & 'The Killing Season' Filmmaker Joshua Zeman". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zeman-ba35178/
- ^ "CROPSEY". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (3 June 2010). "Case of the Kidnappings and the Scared Island". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "The perfect suspect, but is he guilty?". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Josh Zeman". macdowell.org. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Joshua Zeman prevails in SFFS screenwriting contest". screendaily.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "JOSHUA ZEMAN". aetv.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "A&E's 'The Killing Season' Filmmakers Didn't Expect to Find So Many Unsolved Murders". indiewire.com. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Murder Mountain season 2 Netflix release date: Will there be another series?". express.co.uk. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "'Sons Of Sam' Director Joshua Zeman On The Theory That The Son Of Sam Didn't Act Alone (And The Journalist The Case Destroyed)". uproxx.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "New Trailer for 'The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52' Dives Deep on Its Unique Subject". collider.com. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Half Nelson dominates New York's Gotham Awards". screendaily.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
External links
- Joshua Zeman at IMDb