Joe Napolitano

Joseph Ralph "Joe" Napolitano (November 22, 1948 – July 23, 2016) was an American television director who worked on multiple episodic series. He previously was a film assistant director. 2Career Napolitano's television credits include directing twelve episodes of Quantum Leap, two episodes of The X-Files, two episodes of Picket Fences, three episodes of The Pretender, two episodes of L.A. Doctors, two episodes of Dawson's Creek, four episodes of Boston Public, and fourteen episodes of Strong Medicine, as well as the 1991 TV film Earth Angel. The TV film Contagious earned an American Latino Media Arts Award for actress Elizabeth Peña for 'Outstanding Actress in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series'. In the 1980s, Napolitano's work included acting as assistant director on feature film projects, working on films with directors Brian Hutton, Danny DeVito, Stuart Rosenberg, Donald P. Bellisario, Ron Howard, Howard Zieff, Terry Gilliam, Antoine Fuqua, and on multiple projects directed by Brian De Palma. 2Filmography 3As director 4Television The Big Blue Marble (unknown episodes) Earth Angel (1991) (TV film) Reasonable Doubts (1 episode, 1991) I'll Fly Away (1 episode, 1992) Quantum Leap (12 episodes, 1990–1992) Covington Cross (1 episode, 1992) Going to Extremes (1 episode, 1992) Northern Exposure (1 episode, 1993) Class of '96 (1 episode, 1993) SeaQuest 2032 (1 episode, 1993) The Adventures of Brisco County, J