Josh Horowitz
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Josh Horowitz (born April 1, 1976) is an American television and podcast host, writer, author, producer, and actor. He is a host for MTV News, Comedy Central, and the podcast, Happy Sad Confused. He is best known for his memorably irreverent conversations with celebrities in a variety of shows and formats. He serves as a frequent moderator in New York and Los Angeles, and at events such as San Diego Comic-Con.
Early Life[edit]
Horowitz was born in New York City. His brother is screenwriter and producer Adam Horowitz. He graduated from The Dalton School in 1994. He attended Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges and graduated with a B.A. in 1998, majoring in English. While in school he launched his media career, hosting a talk radio show, To The Point, for WEOS, and serving as editor-in-chief of the college newspaper, The Herald.
Early Career[edit]
Horowitz was a producer for various talk shows prior to his on-air career. Most notably he was a producer for Charlie Rose from 1998-2002. After brief stints at US Weekly and Interview Magazine, in 2006, he authored his first book, “The Mind of the Modern Moviemaker”, a collection of conversations with up and coming filmmakers including Jon Favreau, Patty Jenkins, and Todd Phillips.
MTV[edit]
Horowitz joined MTV News in 2006, serving as their movies correspondent.[1] He has frequently hosted on-air specials for MTV including their red carpet shows for the MTV Movie & TV Awards. He also anchors their coverage from Sundance, Cannes, the Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, and Comic-Con, among other events.
Comedy[edit]
Since joining MTV, Horowitz has become well known for his unscripted and scripted bits with celebrities. His digital scripted series for MTV, After Hours (created in 2010), moved to Comedy Central in 2018. The sketches have many celebrity regulars including Daniel Radcliffe, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Sam Rockwell, and Anna Kendrick.
In 2016, Horowitz co-created and co-wrote a digital series for Comedy Central based on his own misadventures in celebrity journalism called “Junketeers”. The show featured guest stars including Chloe Grace Moretz, Matt Bomer, Bella Thorne, and Josh Duhamel.
In 2020, Horowitz began hosting a digital talk show for Comedy Central, Stir Crazy, later renamed The Untitled Josh Horowitz Talk Show.
Happy Sad Confused[edit]
In 2014 Horowitz created his podcast Happy Sad Confused.[2] As of February 2021, the weekly interview show has numbered over 400 episodes featuring long-form conversations with film and TV luminaries including Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, and Al Pacino, and filmmakers such as Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan, and Quentin Tarantino.
Other Work[edit]
In 2019, Horowitz hosted Paramount Network’s first digital series, On Location, which brought actors and filmmakers including M. Night Shyamalan and Kevin Smith back to locations where they’d shot some of their iconic works.
Horowitz has appeared as commentator for E! on multiple Oscar pre-shows, been a commentator on the Today Show, and guest-hosted Charlie Rose.
Acting[edit]
In addition to acting in dozens of sketches for MTV and Comedy Central, Horowitz has played himself in Chris Rock’s film, Top Five, and Zombieland: Double Tape, in which he was memorably murdered by Bill Murray.
References[edit]
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