Catfish (film)

Catfish
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry Joost
Ariel Schulman
Produced byAndrew Jarecki
Marc Smerling
Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
StarringNev Schulman
Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
CinematographyHenry Joost
Ariel Schulman
Nev Schulman
Edited byZachary Stuart-Pontier
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Relativity Media
Rogue Pictures
Hit the Ground Running[1]
A Supermarche[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22) (Sundance)
  • September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000[3]
Box office$3.5 million[4]

Catfish is a 2010 film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. It involves a young man, Nev, being filmed by his brother and friend, co-directors Ariel and Henry, as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook.[5] The film was a critical and commercial success. It led to an MTV reality TV series, Catfish: The TV Show. The film is credited with coining the term catfishing: a type of deceptive activity involving a person creating a fake social networking presence for nefarious purposes.

  1. ^ a b "Catfish (2010) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Catfish (12)". British Board of Film Classification. October 25, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Catfish". Movieinsider.com.
  4. ^ Catfish at Box Office Mojo Retrieved June 23, 2013
  5. ^ Debruge, Peter (January 23, 2010). "Catfish Review". Variety. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2010.