Acting

Josephine Decker

Born April 2, 1981 · Dallas, Texas, USA (age 45)

Josephine Decker is an American actress, filmmaker, and performance artist. As of 2020, she has directed four feature films: experimental psychological thriller Butter on the Latch (2013), experimental erotic thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014), experimental drama Madeline's Madeline (2018), and semi-biographical thriller Shirley (2020). Decker also co-directed the documentary Bi the Way (20…

Known For

Black Box

Black Box · 2013

A grad student in theatre directs a group of undergrads in an adaptation of a 1980s young adult novel, altering them all in unexpected ways.

A Different Man

A Different Man · 2024

A Different Man

MovieComedyDrama

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline · 2018

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere · 2022

The Sky Is Everywhere

MovieDramaRomance

Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.

Shirley

Shirley · 2020

MovieDramaThriller

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Young Bodies Heal Quickly

Young Bodies Heal Quickly · 2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly

Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the "accidental" killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father's desolate compound on the sea shore.

Art History

Art History · 2011

MovieDramaRomance

Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.

Chasing Summer

Chasing Summer · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

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Black Box

Black Box · 2013

A grad student in theatre directs a group of undergrads in an adaptation of a 1980s young adult novel, altering them all in unexpected ways.

Holly

A Different Man

A Different Man · 2024

A Different Man

MovieComedyDrama

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.

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Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline · 2018

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

Director

The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere · 2022

The Sky Is Everywhere

MovieDramaRomance

Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.

Director

Shirley

Shirley · 2020

MovieDramaThriller

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Director

Young Bodies Heal Quickly

Young Bodies Heal Quickly · 2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly

Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the "accidental" killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father's desolate compound on the sea shore.

Vietcong girl

Art History

Art History · 2011

MovieDramaRomance

Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.

Writer

Chasing Summer

Chasing Summer · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

Director

Autoerotic

Autoerotic · 2011

MovieDramaComedy

Four interconnected Chicago couples explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.

Tormenting the Hen

Tormenting the Hen · 2017

Tormenting the Hen

MovieDramaThriller

A lesbian couple experiences microaggressions at a workshop upstate. Claire and her fiancée Monica embark from the boisterous streets of New York City to the Berkshires, where Claire has been invited to stage her latest work at a rural theater company. While Claire's actors question her ability to write heterosexual dialogue, Monica encounters her own source of micro-aggression in the form of Mutty, the groundskeeper.

Sarah

Squeezebox

Squeezebox · 2010

MovieDocumentaryFantasy

Anything can happen in an accordion store.

Director

Sisters of the Plague

Sisters of the Plague · 2015

Sisters of the Plague

MovieScience FictionDrama

Sensing evil, a haunted house tour guide seeks a medium's help only to be warned that she is facing a vengeful power beyond her control.

Jo

Uncle Kent

Uncle Kent · 2011

MovieDramaComedy

A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest - a woman from New York who he met on Chatroulette.

Josephine

A Stable Marriage

A Stable Marriage · 2026

A Stable Marriage

MovieComedyFantasy

A woman's sexual fantasy is fulfilled - with surprising ramifications.

Director

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely · 2014

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

MovieThrillerDrama

The arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter.

Director

My Eyes

My Eyes · 2010

Kids Songs: "My Eyes, Your Eyes" by Monkey Monkey Music with Meredith LeVande

Director

Loves Her Gun

Loves Her Gun · 2013

Allie moves to Texas and embraces the slower pace of life and gun culture. She tries to maintain healthy relationships as the weapons she uses to protect herself lead her to a paranoid withdrawal from life.

Abby Singer/Songwriter

Abby Singer/Songwriter · 2015

Abby Singer/Songwriter

MovieComedyMusic

A has-been New York rock-star teams up with a wannabe filmmaker to destroy hipster culture in New York... if they don't destroy each other first.

Hirer

The Mask Task

The Mask Task · 2018

Josephine Decker employs uncanny masks, intricate sound design, and choreography inspired by Japanese butoh to create a visceral exploration of fear, stress, and childhood development.

Director

Saturday Morning Massacre

Saturday Morning Massacre · 2012

Saturday Morning Massacre

A dark and bloody parody about a Scooby-Doo-like team of paranormal investigators and their devoted dog.

Gwen

Butter on the Latch

Butter on the Latch · 2013

Butter on the Latch

MovieHorrorDrama

Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite them. Their trip, initially a fun bonding experience, takes a southward turn when Sarah becomes interested in handsome fellow camper Steph. A seemingly innocent romantic overture touches off an abrupt shift in the dynamic between the two girlfriends, steering a previously ecstatic camp outing down a psychological rabbit hole.

Director

Me the Terrible

Me the Terrible · 2012

Me the Terrible

A young sailor parks her boat and crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of big-city adventure at famous landmarks she finds on an ancient map. Her journey takes her to Wall Street, the Empire State Building, and Central Park, where she confronts a band of child bandits who steal her teddy bear.

Director

Flames

MovieRomanceDocumentary

A real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of first love until the throw of a dart finds them on a spontaneous trip to the Maldives and cracks open the question -- is their love true or just a performance?

Director

Collective: Unconscious

Collective: Unconscious · 2016

Collective: Unconscious

MovieDramaMystery

A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?

Director

Room 104

Room 104 · 2017

SeriesMysteryDrama

An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.

Director

Dare Me

Dare Me · 2019

SeriesDramaMystery

Dive into the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading, following the fraught relationship between two best friends after a new coach arrives to bring their team to prominence.

Director