---
name: "Josh Heald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-heald"
fi1m_id: "josh-heald"
imdb_id: "nm0372222"
tmdb_id: 347335
wikidata_id: "Q115248432"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "12 December 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T22:54:20.589936+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."
---

# Josh Heald

## Identity

Josh Heald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-heald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-heald
- **IMDb ID:** nm0372222
- **TMDB ID:** 347335
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115248432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Heald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115248432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/347335

Producer and director. Born 12 December 1977 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 12 December 1977, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Heald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115248432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/347335

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Cobra Kai*](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md) (70)

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## Biography

Josh Heald is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He was born on 12 December 1977 in Red Bank, New Jersey, and studied finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. After working briefly in finance, he moved to Los Angeles and began writing screenplays with college friends Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.

Heald is best known for his work on the series *Cobra Kai* (2018–2025), which he co-created with Hurwitz and Schlossberg; he has also written and directed episodes and served as showrunner. His other credits include the screenplay for *Hot Tub Time Machine* (2010) and its sequel, as well as writing *Mardi Gras: Spring Break* (2011) and co-creating the series *Obliterated* (2023). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his work on *Cobra Kai*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Fi1m 70, Story, Writer, Director, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *72 HOURS* (2026), Producer
- *Obliterated* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Director, Teleplay, Creator
- *Plan B* (2021), Producer
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), series, as Jeremy · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Story, Creator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *Hot Tub Time Machine 2* (2015), as Terry · Writer, Characters
- *Mardi Gras: Spring Break* (2011), as Parade Heckler · Writer
- *Hot Tub Time Machine* (2010), Manager, Screenplay, Story
- *Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay* (2008), as Terry Air Marshal (uncredited)
- *Sam and Victor's Day Off*, Writer
- *Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel*, Writer, Producer
- *Knight Rider*, Producer, Writer
- *In Real Life*, Producer
- *Funny Business*, Producer

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