Josh Swade is an American documentary filmmaker working primarily in the sports, music, art and fashion genres. His films include Empire Skate, an ESPN 30 for 30 that tells the story of the brand Supreme and how it rose from a tiny New York skateboard shop to a global enterprise. The film premiered in 2025 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Additional feature films include Ricky Powell: The Individualist, about street photographer Ricky Powell, which premiered on Showtime in 2021; One & Done, about basketball player Ben Simmons, which premiered on Showtime in 2016; and the 2012 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary There's No Place Like Home. He has directed and produced several ESPN 30 for 30 Shorts, and several short films on popular musicians, including The Black Keys, Rick Rubin, Sheryl Crow, Major Lazer, and Gary Clark Jr. He also wrote the book The Holy Grail of Hoops: One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball.
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