Josh Greenbaum

Josh Greenbaum is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won an MTV Movie Award, CINE Golden Eagle and Emmy Award. He directed the feature documentary The Short Game, winner of the SXSW Audience Award, which was acquired by Netflix to launch their Originals film division. He is also the creator, director and executive producer of Behind the Mask, which earned Hulu its first ever Emmy nomination.

Greenbaum was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Oxford, earning an MFA in film from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.

He won the 2007 MTV Movie Award for mtvU Best Filmmaker on Campus as well as the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award while at USC.

In 2011, Greenbaum directed and co-wrote Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division for Funny or Die, a short spoof starring Bill Clinton, Matt Damon, Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and Kristen Wiig shot for the Clinton Foundation. It premiered at Bill Clinton's "Decade of Difference" party at Hollywood Bowl.

Film

Greenbaum directed the feature documentary The Short Game, which won the Audience Award at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix as its first exclusive documentary. The film was executive produced by Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel.

TV

Greenbaum created and directs Behind the Mask, a Hulu documentary series about sports mascots and the people in the costumes. The series earned Hulu its first Emmy nomination.

He directed “Helmet,” an episode of New Girl for Fox, as well as two episodes of Deadbeat for Hulu and, Border Patrol featured on episodes of Comedy Central's Atom TV, created Nickelodeon's Max & Shred (nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards' Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series in 2016) and directed "Good Debbie Hunting", an episode of ABC's The Neighbors. He has written and directed projects for CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW.

Commercials

Greenbaum collaborated with After-School All-Stars charity, directing commercials that feature the organization's founder, Arnold Schwarzenegger. A commercial featuring Schwarzenegger on Hollywood Boulevard and at Madame Tussauds Hollywood in character as the Terminator interacting with tourists received more than 25 million views on YouTube and was awarded the YouTube Ad of the Year.

• 2016 Canadian Screen Award, nominated Max and Shred best Youth Fiction Series
• 2014 Sports Emmy Awards, nominated — Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming (Behind the Mask)
• 2014 CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition, Golden Eagle Televised Series (Behind the Mask)
• 2013 SXSW Film Festival, Audience Award Documentary Feature (The Short Game)
• 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival, Audience Award Best Documentary Feature (The Short Game)
• 2013 Maui Film Festival, Audience Award Feature Documentary (The Short Game)
• 2013 Nantucket Film Festival, Best Feature, Audience Award 2nd Place (The Short Game)
• 2012 The Webby Awards, Best Comedy Long Form or Series (The Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division)
• 2007 MTV Movie Awards, MTV Movie Award Best New Filmmaker (Border Patrol)
• 2007 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award, Red Ribbon Award
• 2007 Emmy Awards (Rocky Mountain), Documentary – Topical (Mwana Wako Ni Mwana Wanga - - Your Child Is My Child, Park City Television)
• 2005 Emmy Awards (Rocky Mountain), Sports Program, Editing – Programs, Documentaries and Magazines (Endurance 100, Park City Television)

• 2019 Bless This Mess, "The Estonian Method", director
• 2018-19 Single Parents, "The Beast!", "The Shed", “Raining Blood!”, director
• 2017-19 Fresh Off The Boat, "The Vouch", ”Where Have All The Cattleman Gone?“, “Legends of the Fortieth“, director
• 2016-18 New Girl, “Helmet”, "The Hike", "Rumspringa", "Tuesday Meeting", "The Curse Of The Pirate Bride", director
• 2015 Arnold Pranks Fans as the Terminator (short), writer, director
• 2013 – present, Behind the Mask, executive producer, creator, director
• 2013 The Neighbors, "Good Debbie Hunting", director
• 2013 The Short Game, director, producer
• 2014-16, Max & Shred, creator, writer
• 2011 –Ricky and Ravi (Are in Between Jobs), creator, director, writer
• 2011 Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division (short), director, writer
• 2007 Border Patrol (short), executive producer, director, editor writer
• 2007 Sole Mates (short), writer, director, producer
• 2007 The Morning Routine (short), writer, director, producer
• 2007 The Beginning and the End (short) writer, director, producer