Joe Napolitano
Joseph Ralph "Joe" Napolitano (seldom also JR Napolitano , born November 22, 1948 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York ; died July 23, 2016 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American television director . He has also worked as an assistant director for many well-known film directors . His creative period extended from 1974 to the end of his life in 2016 and includes over 50 productions.
life and work
Napolitano's long list of produced series episodes as a director includes twelve episodes of Back to the Past , two episodes of The X-Files , two episodes of Picket Fences , three episodes of Pretender , two episodes of LA Doctors , two episodes from Dawson's Creek , four episodes from Boston Public, and 14 episodes from Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice . Likewise, two television films, you are an angel! ( Earth Angel) and Virus (Contagious) . For her role in the latter, actress Elizabeth Peña received an ALMA Award in 1998 for Outstanding Actress in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series .
In the 1980s Joe Napolitano also worked regularly on feature films as assistant director for great directors such as Brian De Palma (on Blow Out - Death Erases All Traces , Scarface , Death Comes Twice , Wise Guys - Two Super Plums in the Underworld , The Untouchables - The Untouchables ), Brian G. Hutton (in The First Deadly Sin with Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway ), Danny DeVito (in Throwing the mom off the train! ), Stuart Rosenberg (in The Godfather of Greenwich Village ), Donald P. Bellisario ( on Last Rites ), Ron Howard (on Eine Wahnsinnsfamilie ), Howard Zieff (on Das Traum-Team ) and Terry Gilliam (on König der Fischer ). For the new great director Antoine Fuqua he took over again in 2009 as assistant director at Law of the Road - Brooklyn's Finest .
In 1996 he took over directing the feature film elements of the video game Zork Nemesis .
Filmography (selection)
- 1991: You are an angel! ( Earth Angel, TV movie)
- 1991: The Prosecutor and the Cop ( Reasonable Doubts , Episode 1x03)
- 1992: I'll Fly Away (Episode 1x15)
- 1990–1992: Back to the Past ( Quantum Leap , 12 episodes)
- 1992: Covington Cross (2 episodes)
- 1992: Tropical Doctors ( Going to Extremes , Episode 1x10)
- 1993: Alaska of all places ( Northern Exposure , episode 4x17)
- 1993: Class of '96 (Episode 1x10)
- 1993: SeaQuest DSV ( SeaQuest 2032 , Episode 1x03)
- 1993: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. ( The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. , episode 1x11)
- 1993–1994: The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files , 2 episodes)
- 1994: MANTIS (episode)
- 1994–1995: Earth 2 (3 episodes)
- 1995: When seconds count ( Medicine Ball , TV movie)
- 1995: Chicago Hope ( Chicago Hope , episode 2x06)
- 1995–1996: Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun ( Picket Fences , 2 episodes)
- 1995–1997: JAG - On behalf of honor ( JAG , 4 episodes)
- 1996: Murder One (Episode 1x16)
- 1996: Viper (Episode 1x02)
- 1997: Virus ( Contagious , TV movie)
- 1997: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , Episode 2x05)
- 1997: Ally McBeal (Episode 1x11)
- 1997–1998: Pretender ( The Pretender , 3 episodes)
- 1998–2000: Dawson's Creek (2 episodes)
- 1999: Wasteland (Episode 1x11)
- 1999: LA Doctors (2 episodes)
- 1999: Martial Law - The Karate Cop ( Martial Law , Episode 2x01)
- 1999: Snoops - charming and dangerous ( Snoops , episode 1x09)
- 2000–2006: Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice ( Strong Medicine , 14 episodes)
- 2001: FreakyLinks (Episode 1x07)
- 2001: Kate Brasher (TV movie)
- 2001–2003: Boston Public (4 episodes)
- 2003: Birds of Prey (Episode 1x12)
- 2003: The District - Operation in Washington ( The District , episode 4x07)
- 2006: Bones ( Bones , Episode 1x16)
- 2006: Runaway (Episode 1x07)
- 2008: Cashmere Mafia (episode 1x04)
Web links
- Joe Napolitano in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Movies - Joe Napolitano's filmography. In: The New York Times . Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
- ^ Actress Elizabeth Peña dead at 55. Understated, intelligent sensuality. In: Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
- ^ Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands for DOS (1996) - MobyGames. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Napolitano, Joe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Napolitano, Joseph Ralph; Napolitano, JR |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American television director |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | 23rd July 2016 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |