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Joseph Kosinski

1974 - Today

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Joseph Kosinski (born May 3, 1974) is an American film director. He directed the films Tron: Legacy (2010), Oblivion (2013), Only the Brave (2017), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and F1 (2025), as well as Spiderhead (2022). His previous work in computer graphics and computer-generated imagery (CGI) was primarily with CGI-related television commercials including the "Starry Night" commercial for Halo 3 and the award-winning "Mad World" commercial for Gears of War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kosinski is the 1,457th most popular film director (up from 1,467th in 2019), the 10,684th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,417th in 2019) and the 396th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Kosinski ranks 1,457 out of 2,041. Before him are Bryan Forbes, Mike Hodges, Chloé Zhao, Alan Taylor, Josef Fares, and Robert Schwentke. After him are Doris Dörrie, Pablo Berger, Dan Gilroy, Attila Dargay, Ellen Kuras, and Montxo Armendáriz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Joseph Kosinski ranks 252. Before him are Kseniya Rappoport, Iván Hurtado, Saku Koivu, Liv Grete Skjelbreid, Jesper Blomqvist, and Shin Ha-kyun. After him are Dragoslav Jevrić, Agustín Delgado, Princess Claire of Belgium, Masafumi Mizuki, Sean Gunn, and Hideaki Kaetsu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Kosinski ranks 10,686 out of 20,380. Before him are Julie White (1961), Carter Braxton (1736), Wanda Hendrix (1928), Mark Mancina (1957), Madge Kennedy (1891), and Bruce Schneier (1963). After him are Nelson Riddle (1921), Dorothy Hamill (1956), Mike Fisher (1943), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Cheryl Hines (1965), and Patrice Wymore (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joseph Kosinski ranks 396. Before him are Lee Unkrich (1967), Jennifer Lynch (1968), Tim Miller (1964), Sally Menke (1953), Lee Garmes (1898), and Alan Taylor (1959). After him are Dan Gilroy (1959), Ellen Kuras (1959), Ken Burns (1953), Melvin Frank (1913), Allen Daviau (1942), and Peter Segal (1962).

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