Joe Napolitano
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Died
- July 23, 2016
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Joe Napolitano (November 22, 1948 – July 23, 2016) was an American assistant director and television director born in Brooklyn, New York. As a first assistant director he worked on The First Deadly Sin, Brian De Palma's Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, Wise Guys and The Untouchables, as well as The Pope of Greenwich Village, Throw Momma from the Train, Parenthood and The Fisher King. From the early 1990s he directed episodic television, including Quantum Leap, The X-Files, Picket Fences, Earth 2, The Pretender, Dawson's Creek, Strong Medicine and Boston Public. He died in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body Double 2016
as Himself
Brooklyn's Finest 2010
Producer, First Assistant Director
Contagious 1997
Director
The Fisher King 1991
First Assistant Director
Earth Angel 1991
Director
Parenthood 1989
First Assistant Director
Last Rites 1988
First Assistant Director
Throw Momma from the Train 1987
First Assistant Director
The Untouchables 1987
First Assistant Director
Wise Guys 1986
First Assistant Director
Body Double 1984
First Assistant Director
The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984
First Assistant Director
Scarface 1983
First Assistant Director
Blow Out 1981
First Assistant Director
Kingdom of the Spiders 1977
Production Supervisor
Credits from TMDB.