| Joshua Zeman | |
| Birth Place: | Sea Cliff, New York, U.S. |
| 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]
Zeman graduated from Pennsylvania's Lehigh University in 1994.[8]
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 , executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio which was released theatrically by Bleecker Street.[18]
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Director, writer and producer | Documentary | |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |