Max Joseph

{{short description|American filmmaker and television host}}

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| name = Max Joseph

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| birth_name = H. Maxwell Joseph

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|01|16}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| alma_mater = Brown University, 2004

| occupation = Filmmaker, television host

| television = Catfish: The TV Show

| spouse = {{marriage|Priscila Joseph|2012}}

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H. Maxwell Joseph (born January 16, 1982) is an American filmmaker and a television and gameshow host.

For seven seasons, he was a host and cameraman for Catfish: The TV Show.{{cite news|last1=Bentley|first1=Jean|title=Max Joseph Is Back on Catfish! But How Did Nev Schulman's Guest Hosts Fare During His Absence?|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/max-joseph-returns-to-catfish-nev-schulmans-guest-hosts-ranked-201514|access-date=21 April 2015|work=US Weekly Magazine|date=April 1, 2015}} He was absent from Catfish for several episodes in the fourth season to make his feature film debut, We Are Your Friends, starring Zac Efron.{{cite news|last1=Bucksbaum|first1=Sydney|title=Is Max Joseph Leaving MTV's Catfish This Season?|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/613302/is-max-joseph-leaving-mtv-s-catfish-this-season|access-date=21 April 2015|work=E! Entertainment|date=January 10, 2015}} Joseph announced that he was leaving Catfish: The TV Show in 2018,{{Cite web|url=http://blog.feelingthevibe.com/news/catfish-co-star-max-joseph-bids-farewell-to-the-show-after-7-years/|title='Catfish' Co-Star Max Joseph Bids Farewell to the Show After 7 Years {{!}} Feeling the Vibe Magazine|website=blog.feelingthevibe.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-09}} and in 2020 he was replaced by Kamie Crawford.{{cite news|last=Heyn|first=Elizabeth|title=Kamie Crawford Co-Hosts MTV's 'Catfish' with Nev Schulman

|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/kamie-crawford-catfish-host|date=January 8, 2020|publisher=Heavy|access-date=January 11, 2020}}

Joseph has directed several films, including 12 Years of DFA: Too Old to Be New, Too New to Be Classic, Garden of Eden, and several other productions.

In 2024, it was announced that Joseph would return to host an episode in the ninth season of Catfish: The TV Show.{{cite news|last=Melissa|first=Billie|title=Max Joseph Announces Return to Catfish|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/max-joseph-announces-return-to-catfish|date=April 25, 2024|publisher=Men's Journal|access-date=May 1, 2024}}