---
name: "Joshua Marston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-marston"
fi1m_id: "joshua-marston"
imdb_id: "nm0551358"
tmdb_id: 5872
wikidata_id: "Q1708588"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 August 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T04:31:45.983155+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 Marston

## Identity

Joshua Marston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-marston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-marston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0551358
- **TMDB ID:** 5872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1708588
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Marston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551358/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5872

Director. Born 13 August 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 August 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Jim McKay](https://film.one/person/jim-mckay.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Barry M. Schkolnick](https://film.one/person/barry-m-schkolnick.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Craig Turk](https://film.one/person/craig-turk.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 85 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Marston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551358/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5872

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Good Wife*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Joshua Marston is an American screenwriter and film director. He was born on 13 August 1968 in Los Angeles County, California. He earned a BA in Social Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1994, and an MFA in filmmaking from New York University in 1998.

Marston is best known for directing and writing the feature film *Maria Full of Grace* (2004). He has also directed the features *The Forgiveness of Blood* (2011), *Complete Unknown* (2016) and *Come Sunday* (2018), as well as episodes of television series including *Six Feet Under* (2001), *The Newsroom* (2012), *Ray Donovan* (2013) and *Billions* (2016). He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Director
- *Come Sunday* (2018), Director
- *Complete Unknown* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *Flesh and Bone* (2015), series, Director
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Writer, Director
- *Gayby* (2012), as Hair Salon
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, Director
- *The Forgiveness of Blood* (2011), Writer, Director
- *How to Make It in America* (2010), series, Director
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Director, Writer
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Director
- *Maria Full of Grace* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Guggenheim Fellowship 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2004: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Maria Full of Grace*

*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/joshua-marston