Judd Apatow

Directing

1967-12-06 · Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Judd Apatow (/ˈæpətaʊ/; born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), and The Bubble (2022). Through his company, Apatow produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Undeclared (2001–2002), Funny or Die Presents (2010–2011), Girls (2012–2017), Love (2016–2018), and Crashing (2017–2019). He also produced the films The Cable Guy (1996), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall(2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Begin Again (2013), and The Big Sick (2017). Throughout his career, Apatow has received nominations for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards(three wins), five Writers Guild of America Awards (one win), two Producers Guild of America Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Grammy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judd Apatow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Theaters

The Comeback King

2027 · Movie

Theaters

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald

2026 · Movie

Theaters

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2026 · Movie

Outcome

2026 · Movie

Pete Holmes: Silly Silly Fun Boy

2026 · Movie

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

2026 · Series

Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story

2026 · Movie

Poetic License

2025 · Movie

The New Yorker at 100

2025 · Movie

When We Went MAD!

2025 · Movie

Flipside

2024 · Movie

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

2024 · Series

Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

2024 · Movie

Hendrie

2024 · Movie

Stormy

2024 · Movie

Stupid Pet Tricks

2024 · Series

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

2023 · Movie

Bob and Don: A Love Story

2023 · Movie

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

2023 · Movie

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2023 · Movie

Bros

2022 · Movie

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

2022 · Series

George Carlin's American Dream

2022 · Series

The Bubble

2022 · Movie

Stranger at the Gate

2022 · Movie

Ricky Velez: Here's Everything

2021 · Movie

Directors on Directors

2021 · Series

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions

2020 · Movie

Mentally Al

2020 · Movie

The King of Staten Island

2020 · Movie

Feeding America Comedy Festival

2020 · Movie

Reunited Apart

2020 · Series

This Is Stand-Up

2020 · Movie

Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh

2019 · Movie

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Series

Dads

2019 · Movie

Lights Out with David Spade

2019 · Series

This Changes Everything

2019 · Movie

Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads

2019 · Movie

Biography: Comedy Icons

2019 · Series

Hal

2019 · Movie

Desus & Mero

2019 · Series

Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean

2018 · Movie

Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin

2018 · Movie

Juliet, Naked

2018 · Movie

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

2018 · Movie

Cultureshock

2018 · Series

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

2018 · Series

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018 · Movie

Judd Apatow: The Return

2017 · Movie

Jerry Before Seinfeld

2017 · Movie

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers

2017 · Movie

Chris Gethard: Career Suicide

2017 · Movie

Sandy Wexler

2017 · Movie

A Goodbye to Girls

2017 · Movie

The Big Sick

2017 · Movie

The Disaster Artist

2017 · Movie

Crashing

2017 · Series

The History of Comedy

2017 · Series

The Comedian

2016 · Movie

Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds

2016 · Movie

Doc & Darryl

2016 · Movie

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016 · Movie

Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander

2016 · Movie

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016 · Movie

Sing Street

2016 · Movie

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2016 · Movie

Love

2016 · Series

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

2016 · Series

I Had a Dream

2016 · Movie

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

2015 · Movie

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015 · Series

Trainwreck

2015 · Movie

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015 · Movie

Misery Loves Comedy

2015 · Movie

Begin Again

2014 · Movie

This Is Comedy

2014 · Movie

Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip

2014 · Movie

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014 · Series

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013 · Movie

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

2013 · Movie

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

2013 · Series

Salinger

2013 · Movie

Graham Parker & The Rumour: This Is Live

2013 · Movie

Picasso Baby

2013 · Movie

This Is 40

2012 · Movie

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012 · Series

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012 · Series

Mansome

2012 · Movie

The Five-Year Engagement

2012 · Movie

Girls

2012 · Series

Wanderlust

2012 · Movie

Inside Comedy

2012 · Series

Don't Ask Me Questions: The Unsung Life of Graham Parker & The Rumour

2012 · Movie

Zookeeper

2011 · Movie

Bridesmaids

2011 · Movie

Conan

2010 · Series

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

2010 · Series

Get Him to the Greek

2010 · Movie

Funny or Die Presents

2010 · Series

30 for 30

2009 · Series

Funny People

2009 · Movie

Funny People: Live

2009 · Movie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Series

Year One

2009 · Movie

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

2009 · Series

Yo Teach...!

2009 · Series

Pineapple Express

2008 · Movie

Step Brothers

2008 · Movie

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008 · Movie

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008 · Movie

Drillbit Taylor

2008 · Movie

Monty Python Conquers America

2008 · Movie

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007 · Movie

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

2007 · Movie

Superbad

2007 · Movie

Knocked Up

2007 · Movie

The TV Set

2007 · Movie

Help Me Help You

2006 · Series

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006 · Movie

American Storage

2006 · Movie

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005 · Movie

The 40 Year-Old Virgin

2005 · Movie

Kicking & Screaming

2005 · Movie

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · Series

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004 · Movie

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004 · Movie

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · Series

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Series

Sick in the Head

2003 · Movie

Undeclared

2001 · Series

North Hollywood

2001 · Movie

Freaks and Geeks

1999 · Series

The View

1997 · Series

The Daily Show

1996 · Series

The Cable Guy

1996 · Movie

Celtic Pride

1996 · Movie

Mr. Show with Bob and David

1995 · Series

Heavyweights

1995 · Movie

The TV Wheel

1995 · Movie

The Critic

1994 · Series

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Series

The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show

1992 · Movie

The Ben Stiller Show

1992 · Series

Crossing the Bridge

1992 · Movie

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Series

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Series

Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act

1991 · Movie

Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

1991 · Movie

The Simpsons

1989 · Series

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Series

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Series

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Series

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The Way I Was Made: The Story of a Man Called E

Movie

Let's Do This

Movie

Untitled Universal Romantic Comedy

Movie

Untitled Judd Apatow/Lucas Brothers Project

Movie