--- name: "Joseph Kosinski" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-kosinski" fi1m_id: "joseph-kosinski" imdb_id: "nm2676052" tmdb_id: 86270 wikidata_id: "Q2444076" roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"] born: "3 May 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "director" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-05T11:46:06.948625+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Joseph Kosinski ## Identity Joseph Kosinski - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-kosinski - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joseph-kosinski - **IMDb ID:** nm2676052 - **TMDB ID:** 86270 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2444076 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kosinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2444076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2676052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86270 Director and writer. Born 3 May 1974 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer - **Born:** 3 May 1974, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA - **Active:** 2010–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 directing, 1 writing, 1 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Ehren Kruger](https://film.one/person/ehren-kruger.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as director, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 65 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Action 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1, Sport 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $2,533m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kosinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2444076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2676052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86270 ## Coming up - *Miami Vice '85* (2028-05-18), Director ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Top Gun: Maverick*](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) (80), [*F1*](https://film.one/film/f1.md) (66) - **Disney+:** [*TRON: Legacy*](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md) (60) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Joseph Kosinski is an American film director. He was born on 3 May 1974 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University and architecture at Columbia University. After graduating, he co-founded a design firm and began directing commercials, including the "Starry Night" spot for Halo 3 and the award-winning "Mad World" for Gears of War. Kosinski made his feature debut directing Tron: Legacy (2010). His subsequent films include Oblivion (2013), Only the Brave (2017), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Spiderhead (2022) and F1 (2025), on which he also received story and producer credits. He wrote the story for Twisters (2024). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Directed (3) — the average rests on these - *F1* (2025), Fi1m 66, Producer, Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md) - *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) - *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md) ### Wrote (1) - *Twisters* (2024), Fi1m 64, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) ### Produced (1) - *TRON: Ares* (2025), Fi1m 50, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-ares.md) ## Complete filmography (12) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Miami Vice '85* (2028), Director, Producer - *TRON: Ares* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/tron-ares.md) - *F1* (2025), Producer, Director, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md) - *Twisters* (2024), Story — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) - *Spiderhead* (2022), Director - *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) - *Only the Brave* (2017), Director - *The Dig* (2017), Writer, Director - *Oblivion* (2013), Producer, Original Story, Director - *The Tron Phenomenon* (2011), Actor - *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md) - *Untitled UAP Conspiracy Thriller*, Director, Producer ## Gallery - ![Joe Kosinski at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-a599260bef6c.jpg) Joe Kosinski at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Joe_Kosinski_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Joe_Kosinski_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Promotional photograph of American television commercial and film director Joseph Kosinski. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-430c7b11c33b.png) Promotional photograph of American television commercial and film director Joseph Kosinski. (2010) — Brad Groux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/JosephKosinski.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-96017a842816.jpg) Joseph Kosinski — U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Olympia O. McCoy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Joseph_Kosinski_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![220505-N-GW654-1044 NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (May 4, 2022) -- From left, Chris McQuarrie, Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-e9cea809d9d3.jpg) 220505-N-GW654-1044 NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (May 4, 2022) -- From left, Chris McQuarrie, Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces — U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Olympia O. McCoy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Top_Gun_Maveric_Global_Premiere_May_2022.jpg/1280px-Top_Gun_Maveric_Global_Premiere_May_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-033e5378b201.jpg) Joseph Kosinski — Image via TMDB - ![Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-7a5b8cbe304a.jpg) Joseph Kosinski — Image via TMDB - ![Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/media/person/8313/gallery-ffd7dec49053.jpg) Joseph Kosinski — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2026: Best Picture (nominated), for *F1* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joseph-kosinski