Josh Stolberg

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. As of July 2025, Stolberg is the co-host of the filmmaking podcast Darren and Josh Make a Movie alongside Darren Lynn Bousman.

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, 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 and Saw X. 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 ) as well as the adaptation of the book The Candy Shop War.

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

Co-producer Piranha 3DD (2012)