Director Joseph Kosinski (1974)

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Spiderhead (2022) is an American science fiction psychological thriller film with a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film is based on the dystopian short story “Escape from Spiderhead” by George Saunders, which was first published in The New Yorker. Set in a state-of-the-art penitentiary, Spiderhead conducts experiments on the effects of research chemicals. The subjects, who are technically prisoners of the ...

Top Gun: Maverick (2022), an American action drama directed by Joseph Kosinski, tells the story of United States Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Despite his impressive career as a test pilot and numerous accolades, Maverick’s repeated insubordination has hindered him from advancing in rank. Fortunately, his former TOPGUN rival, Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, who now commands the U.S. Pacific Fleet, often comes to his aid to prevent him from being grounded. However, Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain steps in and cancels Maverick’s “Darkstar” scramjet ...

The American biographical drama film, Only the Brave (2017), was directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer. It is based on Sean Flynn’s GQ article No Exit. In 2007, Eric Marsh of the Prescott Fire Department in Arizona faces frustration while battling forest fires. The distant Type 1 or ‘Hotshot’ crews overrule his operational suggestions causing sorrow for his area. To change this dynamic, Marsh gains approval from ...

Oblivion (2013), an American post-apocalyptic film, was produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski, with a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn. The movie is set in 2077, when repair technician Jack and communications officer Victoria seem to be the only survivors on Earth. In 2017, an alien invasion destroyed the Moon and rendered the planet uninhabitable due to nuclear warfare. Now, Jack’s job involves fixing combat drones that protect the hydrothermal platforms converting seawater into fusion energy. Their ...

Tron: Legacy (2010) is an American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski. In 1989, Kevin Flynn, who had been promoted to CEO of ENCOM International seven years earlier, mysteriously vanishes. Two decades later, his son Sam, now the primary shareholder of ENCOM, pulls a prank on the company by releasing their signature operating system for free online. Alan Bradley, an executive at ENCOM and Flynn’s longtime friend, approves of this act as he believes it aligns with Flynn’s values of open software. However, Sam is arrested for breaking and entering. Alan bails him out and reveals that there ...