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{{Infobox person
| name               = Henry Joost
| image              = Henry Joost at 2016 San Diego Comic-Con (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Joost at the 2016 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|30}}
| birth_place        = [[Frankfurt]], Germany
| children           = 1
| spouse             = {{marraige|[[Sofia Black-D'Elia]]|2021}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/01/single-drunk-female-star-sofia-black-delia-on-recovery-addiction-and-her-nj-journey.html
|last=Kuperinsky |first=Amy |title=
'Single Drunk Female' star Sofia Black-D'Elia on recovery, addiction and her N.J. journey
|date=January 20, 2022|work=NJ.com|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref>
}}

'''Henry Joost''' (born October 30, 1982) is an American filmmaker, whose work includes directing, with [[Ariel Schulman]], the films ''[[Catfish (film)|Catfish]]'', ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]'', ''[[Paranormal Activity 4]]'', ''[[Nerve (2016 film)|Nerve]]'' and ''[[Project Power]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1701295/Henry-Joost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028144159/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1701295/Henry-Joost|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-28|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2012|title=Henry Joost}}</ref><ref name="Wall">{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444868204578065004231712808 | title=A Chance for the Scary to Be Scared | publisher=Wall Street Journal | access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nbc17">{{cite web | url=http://www2.nbc17.com/entertainment/2012/oct/24/i-think-we-call-activity-boredom-ar-2720528/ | title=I think we call this 'Activity' boredom | publisher=NBC 17 | access-date=October 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129160545/http://www2.nbc17.com/entertainment/2012/oct/24/i-think-we-call-activity-boredom-ar-2720528/ | archive-date=January 29, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Joost briefly attended Columbia University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Joost Movies and Shows - Apple TV |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/henry-joost/umc.cpc.486f0o54469c0n1i0xim6krb2 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Apple TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2006, he became a finalist in the Scion Xpress Fest, a film school competition, where he directed a music video for an indie band Palomar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Chief Marketer |date=February 27, 2006 |title=Toyota Scion's Screening Tour Teams Rock and Film Makers |url=https://www.chiefmarketer.com/toyota-scions-screening-tour-teams-rock-and-film-makers/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Chief Marketer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg192ms3Xe4 |title=Palomar - Albacore |date=2007-05-16 |last=Bonjour Supermarché |access-date=2024-12-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2018, Joost co-directed the [[Netflix]] sci-fi superhero thriller film ''[[Project Power]]'' alongside [[Ariel Schulman]] from a screenplay by [[Mattson Tomlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/project-power-interview-with-henry-joost-and-ariel-schulman/|title=Project Power: Interview with Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman|last=Harper|first=Rachael|work=ScifiNow|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/netflix-power-catfish-1202589672/|title=Netflix Wins Bidding War for 'Power,' White Hot Spec Script (EXCLUSIVE)|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=October 16, 2017|access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/project-power-netflix-trailer-jamie-foxx-joseph-gordon-levitt-1234574091/|title='Project Power' Trailer: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Team for Netflix's Next Summer Tentpole|last=Hersko|first=Tyler|work=IndieWire|date=July 15, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>

== Filmography (with Ariel Schulman)==
'''Film'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Paranormal Activity 4]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Nerve (2016 film)|Nerve]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| ''[[Viral (2016 American film)|Viral]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Project Power]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Secret Headquarters]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| TBA
| ''Untitled Weezer film''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|}

'''Documentary film'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Producer
!width=65|DoP
! Himself
! Notes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Catfish (film)|Catfish]]''<ref>[https://www.thisisinsider.com/every-dating-term-youll-ever-need-to-know-2018-7 ''A comprehensive guide to every dating term you'll ever need to know — in alphabetical order''], thisisinsider.com, 15 July 2018</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Metropolis II'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|rowspan=2| Documentary short
|-
| 2012
| ''[[John Baldessari|A Brief History of John Baldessari]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2021
| ''Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Unknown-Dimension-The-Story-of-Paranormal-Activity/1610618/#Castandcrew |title=Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) |access-date=2024-11-12 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>
|}

'''Television'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
!width=65| Writer
! Executive<br>Producer
! Notes
|-
| 2011
| ''3x3''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| TV movie
|-
| 2012–present
| ''[[Catfish: The TV Show]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|1160962}}
{{Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman}}


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