Josef Rusnak (born 25 November 1958) is a German screenwriter and director.
Rusnak was born on 25 November 1958 in Wachtroj, Soviet Union, into a German family.
In 1997, he directed No Strings Attached, Quiet Days in Hollywood (starring Hilary Swank), and Schimanski: Die Schwadron, a TV film episode of the German crime series Schimanski.
Emmerich then acted as producer on Rusnak's next film The Thirteenth Floor,[5] an English language remake of the earlier German TV miniseries World on a Wire.
[6] Rusnak did not direct his next film until 2007's The Contractor starring Wesley Snipes.