---
title: 'Catfish (2010)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Joost'
released: '2010-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/catfish-2010'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Catfish (2010)

2010 · 86 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Catfish is a 2010 American documentary 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. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Joost](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-joost)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Mothersbaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-mothersbaugh)
- **Producer:** [Brett Ratner](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-ratner), [Andrew Jarecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-jarecki)

## Cast

- [Nev Schulman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nev-schulman)
- [Henry Joost](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-joost)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/catfish-2010
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