---
name: "Joshua Astrachan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-astrachan"
fi1m_id: "joshua-astrachan"
imdb_id: "nm0040120"
tmdb_id: 43387
wikidata_id: "Q6289625"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T18:42:29.751887+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."
---

# Joshua Astrachan

## Identity

Joshua Astrachan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-astrachan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-astrachan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0040120
- **TMDB ID:** 43387
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6289625
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Astrachan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43387

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, United States
- **Active:** 2001–2016
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 85 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Horror 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $115m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Astrachan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43387

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Short Term 12*](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md) (86)

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## Biography

Joshua Astrachan is an American film producer. He co-founded the New York-based production company Animal Kingdom in 2012 and lives and works in New York City.

Prior to founding Animal Kingdom, Astrachan produced films for director Robert Altman over the course of a decade. Under the Animal Kingdom banner his credits include *Short Term 12* (2013), *Paterson* (2016), *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), *Kicks* (2016) and *Tramps* (2016). He has also served as executive producer on *It Follows* (2014) and *Trespass Against Us* (2016), and as producer on *The Dead Don't Die* (2019) and *Goodnight Mommy* (2022).

Earlier credits include co-producer on *Gosford Park* (2001) and producer on *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006) and *Friends with Kids* (2012).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Paterson* (2016), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *It Follows* (2015), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Fi1m 85, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Father Mother Sister Brother* (2025), Producer
- *Goodnight Mommy* (2022), Producer
- *Master* (2022), Producer
- *Italian Studies* (2022), as Library Man · Producer
- *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), Producer
- *Paterson* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Tramps* (2016), Producer
- *Kicks* (2016), Producer
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), Producer
- *It Follows* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)
- *That's What She Said* (2012), Producer
- *Friends with Kids* (2012), Producer
- *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), Producer
- *The Company* (2003), Producer
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Co-Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Dr. T & the Women* (2000), Associate Producer

## Gallery

- ![A 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co-Produce, GOSFORD PARK),](https://film.one/media/person/120990/gallery-c457b2067c15.jpg) A 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co-Produce, GOSFORD PARK), — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Joshua_Astrachan_%288190396787%29.jpg/1280px-Joshua_Astrachan_%288190396787%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joshua Astrachan](https://film.one/media/person/120990/gallery-1a0002124c2f.jpg) Joshua Astrachan — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011.jpg/1280px-Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co-Produce, GOSFORD PARK),](https://film.one/media/person/120990/gallery-9e332a8d3c07.jpg) A 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co-Produce, GOSFORD PARK), — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011_%286358422269%29.jpg/1280px-Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011_%286358422269%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Participants of the 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in a session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co-](https://film.one/media/person/120990/gallery-2e35ee9435b7.jpg) Participants of the 2011/2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in a session with Joshua Astrachan (Producer, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Co- — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011_%286358437699%29.jpg/1280px-Telefilm_Canada_Features_Comedy_Lab_2011_%286358437699%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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