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Joe Carnahan

Writing · Born 1969-05-09 · Sacramento, California, USA

Biography

Joseph Aaron "Joe" Carnahan (born May 9, 1969) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his films Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, Narc, Smokin' Aces and The A-Team. He is the brother of screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan.

Known for

Filmography

2026The RipThreatening Phone Voice
2025Not Without HopeScreenplay
2025Shadow ForceShady Government Type
2023A Journey to SundanceSelf
2021CopshopProducer
2021Boss LevelCustomer at the Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)
2020Bad Boys for LifeScreenplay
2019Into the AshesExecutive Producer
2019Point BlankProducer
2019El ChicanoWriter
2018FightworldExecutive Producer
2018Death WishScreenplay
2017WheelmanProducer
2014State of AffairsTeleplay
2014StretchDirector
2014Out of PrintSelf
2014Those Who KillDirector
2013The BlacklistDirector
2012The Devil's DoshExecutive Producer
2012The GreyProducer
2010The A-TeamMike "The Operator"
2010Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' BallCharacters
2009Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred HitchcockSelf
2009The Fourth KindProducer
2008Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of HitchcockSelf
2008Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's MaestroSelf
2008In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's LegacySelf
2008Pride and GloryScreenplay
2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
2006Smokin' AcesDirector
2006FacelessDirector
2004Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' LegacySelf
2003Narc: Making the DealSelf
2003Narc: The Visual TripSelf
2003Narc: The Friedkin ConnectionSelf
2002TickerDirector
2002NarcDirector
2001The HireDirector
1998Blood, Guts, Bullets and OctaneSid French
1996The Devil Takes a HolidayCo-Producer
1995Karate RaiderScreenplay
—FelixProducer
—Five Against a BulletScreenplay

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