---
name: "Joe DeMaio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-demaio"
fi1m_id: "joe-demaio"
imdb_id: "nm0218039"
tmdb_id: 1114557
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:45:50.095336+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe DeMaio

## Identity

Joe DeMaio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-demaio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-demaio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0218039
- **TMDB ID:** 1114557
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1114557

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1114557

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Nashville*](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md) (74)

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## Biography

Joe DeMaio is a television director specialising in live events, award shows and series episodes. His early career included a long stint at MTV, where he directed episodes of *Unplugged*, *Total Request Live* and *Singled Out*.

After leaving MTV in 2006, DeMaio directed nearly 800 episodes of ABC’s *Jimmy Kimmel Live*. He subsequently worked as a freelance director on the *MTV Movie Awards*, the Primetime Emmys, the VMAs and multiple Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades, among other network specials.

DeMaio has directed episodes of the series *Nashville* (2012) and the Netflix stand-up special *Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, joedemaio.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nashville* (2012), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Skyscraper Live* (2026), Director
- *Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway* (2025), Director
- *FireAid Benefit Concert* (2025), Director
- *Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year* (2024), Director
- *A Very Demi Holiday Special* (2023), Director
- *Miley's New Year's Eve Party* (2022), Director
- *Miley's New Year's Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson* (2021), Director
- *Alicia Keys Rocks New Year's Eve* (2020), Director
- *Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill* (2020), Director
- *Alicia Keys Live in Los Angeles* (2020), Director
- *Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade* (2018), Director
- *Disney Parks Presents 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party* (2018), Director
- *The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration* (2018), Director
- *Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash* (2018), Director
- *Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration* (2017), Director
- *Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration* (2017), Director
- *Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration* (2016), Director
- *A Pentatonix Christmas Special* (2016), Director
- *Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration* (2016), Director
- *Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live* (2016), Director
- *Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That?* (2016), Director
- *Don Rickles: One Night Only* (2014), Director
- *Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny* (2014), Director
- *Nikki Glaser: The Half Hour* (2013), Director
- *Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus* (2012), Director
- *Romeo Santos: The King Stays King – Live at Madison Square Garden* (2012), Director
- *Nashville* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Michael Bublé: A Michael Bublé Christmas* (2011), Director
- *Metallica: MTV Icon* (2003), Director
- *Staind: MTV Unplugged* (2001), Director
- *Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged* (2001), Director
- *Rage Against The Machine: The Battle Of Mexico City* (2001), Director
- *The Cindy Margolis Show* (2000), series, Director
- *blink-182: Live from MuchMusic Sandjob 2000* (2000), Director
- *Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving* (1997), Director
- *Fiona Apple: MTV Unplugged* (1997), Assistant Director

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