Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Jordan Vogt-Roberts at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2016
Born	Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film director, writer
Years active	2013-present
Notable work	The Kings of Summer

Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts is an American film and television director and screenwriter. His feature directorial debut, The Kings of Summer, screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and also at the 2013 Cleveland International Film Festival. The film won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival. He also wrote and directed a short film which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW, Successful Alcoholics. He also co-wrote and directed the TV series Mash Up.

Vogt-Roberts' best-known film may be The Kings of Summer. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival, and also won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival. Prior to directing The Kings of Summer, Vogt-Roberts wrote and directed a short film, Successful Alcoholics, which starred T.J. Miller and Lizzy Caplan. The film screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, the AFI Fest and 30 other film festivals.

After directing Successful Alcoholics, Vogt-Roberts would work on Comedy Central's Mash Up. He co-wrote the series with Miller and directed all of its episodes. He has directed various episodes of Funny or Die Presents as well as several episodes of MTV's Death Valley and nearly all the episodes of the web series Single Dads. Prior to directing and writing Successful Alcoholics, Vogt-Roberts directed the short film Mint in a Box (2009), and two web series: Memoirs of a Manchild (2009-2010) and Book Club (2009-2013).