---
name: "Joe Layton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-layton"
fi1m_id: "joe-layton"
imdb_id: "nm0493615"
tmdb_id: 79464
wikidata_id: "Q3180109"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 May 1931"
died: "5 May 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T18:21:12.890999+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."
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# Joe Layton

## Identity

Joe Layton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-layton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-layton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493615
- **TMDB ID:** 79464
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3180109
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Layton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180109, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79464

Producer. Born 3 May 1931 in Brooklyn. Died 5 May 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 May 1931, Brooklyn
- **Died:** 5 May 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Layton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180109, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79464

## Biography

Joe Layton (3 May 1931 – 5 May 1994) was an American choreographer, director and producer. Born Joseph Lichtman in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career as a dancer before concentrating on musical staging. He won Tony Awards for Best Choreography for the Broadway productions *No Strings* (1962) and *George M!* (1968), and an Emmy Award for his work on the Barbra Streisand television special *My Name Is Barbra* (1965).

Layton directed and produced numerous television specials and collaborated on Broadway shows including *Barnum*. In film, he was executive producer and creator of the musical sequences for *Annie* (1982), and directed the concert film *Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip* (1982). He also contributed choreography to *Thoroughly Modern Millie* (1967) and *For the Boys* (1991).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Annie* (1982), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Barnum* (1986), Stage Director, Choreographer
- *Cher... A Celebration at Caesars* (1983), Producer
- *Annie* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip* (1982), Director
- *Dolly and Carol in Nashville* (1979), Choreographer
- *The Star Wars Holiday Special* (1978), Producer
- *'Twas the Night Before Christmas* (1977), Producer
- *A Special: Olivia Newton-John* (1976), Producer
- *Really, Raquel* (1974), Writer, Choreographer
- *Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments* (1973), Choreographer
- *George M!* (1970), Choreographer
- *The Littlest Angel* (1969), Director, Choreographer
- *The Belle of 14th Street* (1967), Director
- *On the Flip Side* (1966), Director
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, Director
- *Color Me Barbra* (1966), Producer, Choreographer
- *Once Upon a Mattress* (1964), Director
- *Standing Room Only: Cher in Concert*, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1980: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1962: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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