---
name: "Josh Klausner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-klausner"
fi1m_id: "josh-klausner"
imdb_id: "nm0458441"
tmdb_id: 113664
wikidata_id: "Q18619366"
roles: ["Second unit director"]
born: "11 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T11:45:30.514439+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 Klausner

## Identity

Josh Klausner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-klausner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-klausner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0458441
- **TMDB ID:** 113664
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18619366
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klausner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18619366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113664

Second unit director. Born 11 July 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director
- **Born:** 11 July 1969
- **Active:** 1998–2018
- **Also known as:** 조시 클라우스너
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 3 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 55 (1), 2010s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $833m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klausner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18619366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113664

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek Forever After*](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Josh Klausner is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He graduated from Princeton University and began his career as an assistant on the 1994 film *Dumb & Dumber*. He later served as second unit director on several Farrelly brothers comedies, including *Kingpin* (1996), *There's Something About Mary* (1998), *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000) and *Shallow Hal* (2001).

Klausner wrote and directed *The 4th Floor* (1999). His screenwriting credits include *Date Night* (2010) and *Shrek Forever After* (2010, co-written with Darren Lemke). He also contributed additional screenplay material to *Shrek the Third* (2007) and worked as second unit director on *Green Book* (2018). In 2018 he wrote and directed the independent film *Wanderland*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Fi1m 78, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Green Book* (2018), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Wanderland* (2018), Writer, Director
- *Shrek's Yule Log* (2010), Writer
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Date Night* (2010), Writer
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), Second Unit Director
- *The 4th Floor* (1999), Director, Writer
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *(Saint) Peter*, Director, Writer

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