Josh Sternfeld

{{Short description|American film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Josh Sternfeld | image = Josh Sternfeld Tribeca 2010.jpg | caption = Josh Sternfeld at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. | birth_name = Joshua Sternfeld | birth_date = circa 1972 | birth_place = New York City, USA | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Director, writer, filmmaker | children = | notable_works = ''Winter Solstice (film)''<br />''Amy Makes Three'' | education = Washington University in St. Louis | alma_mater = Tisch School of the Arts | years_active = 1997–present }}

'''Josh Sternfeld''' (born ''Joshua Sternfeld'' in 1972, New York City, New York), is an American film writer/director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/512bfe011c7d76d9a9000099-tribeca-takes-josh-sternf|title=Tribeca Takes: Josh Sternfeld on Meskada|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111851/https://tribecafilm.com/stories/512bfe011c7d76d9a9000099-tribeca-takes-josh-sternf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2021, Sternfeld directed the action film ''Fortress: Sniper's Eye'' (2022)<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Fortress 2 Trailer & Poster: Murray Seeks Revenge On Willis [EXCLUSIVE] |url=https://screenrant.com/fortress-snipers-eye-movie-trailer-poster-bruce-willis/ |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=ScreenRant |date=2 March 2022}}</ref> .

==Biography==

Born in New York City, Sternfeld studied English literature at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1999. As a director, Sternfeld won critical acclaim when his first short film, Balloons, Streamers (1997), premiered at the 1997 New York Film Festival and then screened at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/josh-sternfeld/14132/|title = Josh Sternfeld biography and filmography | Josh Sternfeld movies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/josh-sternfeld-57514547/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082943/www.hollywood.com/celebrities/josh-sternfeld-57514547/|archive-date=2016-03-04|title=Josh Sternfeld}}</ref>

In 1999, Sternfeld began work as an assistant editor at Steeplechase Films, where he worked on Ric Burns' 2000 Emmy Award-nominated series, New York: A Documentary Film (2000).

In 2005 he wrote and directed his first feature film, ''Winter Solstice''. The story follows the efforts of a man who struggles to relate to his sons in the years following the accidental death of his wife. The film was distributed by Paramount Classics.

In 2009 Sternfeld wrote and directed the police drama ''Meskada'' (2010).

He wrote and directed the unreleased thriller, Amy Makes Three which stars Torrey DeVitto and Mike Doyle (actor).

In June 2021, Sternfeld directed the film ''Fortress: Sniper's Eye'' (2022)<ref name="auto"/> .

==Selected filmography== *''Balloons, Streamers'' (1997) *''Colin's Date'' (1998) *''Winter Solstice'' (2005) *''Meskada'' (2010) *''Fortress: Sniper's Eye'' (2022)<ref name="auto"/> *''Amy Makes Three'' (unreleased)

==Personal life== Sternfeld lives in New York.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0973835}}

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