Joe Napolitano
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Died
- July 23, 2016 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography

Brooklyn's Finest
Movie · First Assistant Director

Cashmere Mafia
TV · Director · 1 ep

Bones
TV · Director · 1 ep

Birds of Prey
TV · Director · 1 ep

Boston Public
TV · Director · 4 eps

The District
TV · Director · 1 ep

FreakyLinks
TV · Director · 1 ep

Strong Medicine
TV · Director · 12 eps

Snoops
TV · Director · 1 ep

Wasteland
TV · Director · 1 ep

L.A. Doctors
TV · Director · 2 eps

Martial Law
TV · Director · 1 ep

Dawson's Creek
TV · Director · 2 eps

Contagious
Movie · Director

The Practice
TV · Director · 1 ep

Ally McBeal
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Pretender
TV · Director · 3 eps

JAG
TV · Director · 4 eps

Chicago Hope
TV · Director · 1 ep

Earth 2
TV · Director · 4 eps

M.A.N.T.I.S.
TV · Director · 1 ep

Viper
TV · Director · 1 ep

The X-Files
TV · Director · 2 eps

seaQuest DSV
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV · Director · 1 ep

Class of '96
TV · Director · 1 ep

Covington Cross
TV · Director · 1 ep

Picket Fences
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Fisher King
Movie · First Assistant Director

Earth Angel
Movie · Director

I'll Fly Away
TV · Director · 1 ep

Reasonable Doubts
TV · Director · 1 ep

Northern Exposure
TV · Director · 1 ep

Parenthood
Movie · First Assistant Director

Quantum Leap
TV · Director · 12 eps

Last Rites
Movie · First Assistant Director

The Untouchables
Movie · First Assistant Director

Throw Momma from the Train
Movie · First Assistant Director

Wise Guys
Movie · First Assistant Director

The Pope of Greenwich Village
Movie · First Assistant Director

Body Double
Movie · First Assistant Director

Scarface
Movie · First Assistant Director

Blow Out
Movie · First Assistant Director