Directing
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
September 21, 1981 (age 44)
Born in
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Josef Kubota Wladyka was born the youngest of three sons. His Japanese mother and Polish father share a deep passion for dance, photography, and cinema. They influenced him to begin experimenting with filmmaking in high school. Since then, his short films and commercials have been screened at festivals around the world and on Jet Blue Airlines; granting him a nomination for a Young Director's award and the Porsche student advertising award. Wladyka is a Faculty Fellow, and recipient of the Spike Lee Fellowship Award at NYU's Tisch Gradate Film School. "Manos Sucias" [2014] is his feature film debut. When not working, Josef can be found on the Brooklyn basketball courts, typically losing to teenagers. Wladyka holds an MFA from NYU Tisch Graduate Film where he won a Spike Lee Fellowship. "Manos Sucias" is the recipient of 2 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Awards and the Canon Camera Award.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
as Director, Producer, Writer
2026
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ONE PIECE
as Director
2023
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Tokyo Vice
as Director, Executive Producer
2022
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Catch the Fair One
as Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
2022
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Narcos: Mexico
as Director
2018
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The Terror
as Director
2018
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Animal Kingdom
as Director
2016
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Outcast
as Director
2016
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Narcos
as Director
2015
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Fear the Walking Dead
as Director
2015
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Dirty Hands
as Director, Writer
2014
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Coney
as Director of Photography
2012
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Afternoon Rain
as Grip
2011
—The Rebel
as Director, Writer
2006
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