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Phil Joanou

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Phil Joanou
Phil Joanou was born on 20 November 1961 in La Cañada, California, USA. He is a director and assistant director, known for State of Grace (1990), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) and Three O'Clock High (1987).
BornNovember 20, 1961
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Photos54

"Heaven's Prisoners"
With Harris Savides and Stephen Buck, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Alec Baldwin, "Heaven's Prisoners"
"Heaven's Prisoners"
With Stephen Buck and Harris Savides, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Terri Hatcher, "Heaven's Prisoners"
"Heaven's Prisoners"
With Eric Roberts, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Alec Baldwin, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Vondie Curtis Hall, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Alec Baldwin, "Heaven's Prisoners"
With Sean Penn, "State of Grace"

Known for

State of Grace (1990)
State of Grace
7.2
  • Director
  • 1990
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
U2: Rattle and Hum
7.6
  • Director
  • 1988
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Three O'Clock High
7.1
  • Director
  • 1987
Kim Basinger and Richard Gere in Final Analysis (1992)
Final Analysis
5.9
  • Director
  • 1992

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Director

  • The Veil (2016)
    The Veil
  • Chris Tucker Live (2015)
    Chris Tucker Live
  • The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012)
    The Punisher: Dirty Laundry
  • Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and U2 in U2: 18 Videos (2006)
    U2: 18 Videos
  • Dwayne Johnson in Gridiron Gang (2006)
    Gridiron Gang
    • (directed by)
  • Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and U2 in U2: All Because of You (2005)
    U2: All Because of You
  • Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and U2 in U2: Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (2005)
    U2: Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
  • U2: Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (Single Take Version)
  • Naked Hotel
  • U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
    U2: The Best of 1990-2000
    • (videos If God Will Send His Angels, One)
  • U2: The Best of 1980-1990 (1999)
    U2: The Best of 1980-1990
    • (videos Bad, When Love Comes To Town, One Tree Hill)
  • Entropy (1999)
    Entropy
  • Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (1998)
    Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe
  • 14 Up in America
  • Bono and U2 in U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
    U2: If God Will Send His Angels

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and French Stewart in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
    3rd Rock from the Sun
  • Fallen Angels (1993)
    Fallen Angels

Writer

  • Entropy (1999)
    Entropy
  • Joey Cramer in Flight of the Navigator (1986)
    Flight of the Navigator
    • (as Matt MacManus)
  • Last Chance Dance
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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    • November 20, 1961
    • La Cañada, California, USA
  • Other works
    Directed Bon Jovi's "Keep the Faith" music video
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Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Attended the University of Southern California (USC) Film School in the 1980s. The day after Joanou's student film Last Chance Dance (1984) was shown at the annual USC Film School screening - where student films are screened for industry professionals - Steven Spielberg phoned Joanou at home, asking if he'd like to direct an episode of "Amazing Stories." Joanou's reply was yes and he ended up directing two episodes: "Santa '85" and "The Doll," the latter of which won a best actor Emmy for actor 'John Lithgow'. Spielberg then gave Joanou the screenplay for Three O'Clock High (1987), then known as "After School".
  • Quotes
    [on Gary Oldman] I had a great relationship with him [on State of Grace (1990)] - later he was in Final Analysis (1992) but I cut him out. He was so good he tipped the whole movie. People just wanted to see a movie about him. They're like "Why can't we see a movie about that guy in an insane asylum that Richard Gere treated?"[2015]

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