---
name: "Joe Piarulli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-piarulli"
fi1m_id: "joe-piarulli"
imdb_id: "nm3226922"
tmdb_id: 2710744
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T22:54:28.125965+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 Piarulli

## Identity

Joe Piarulli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-piarulli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-piarulli
- **IMDb ID:** nm3226922
- **TMDB ID:** 2710744
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3226922/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2710744

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3226922/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2710744

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Cobra Kai*](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joe Piarulli is an American television producer, writer and director. A 2009 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he began his career in the industry working as an assistant before advancing to staff writer and producer roles.

He is best known for his work on the Netflix series *Cobra Kai* (2018–2025), where he served as co-producer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer and executive producer across multiple seasons, wrote or co-wrote episodes including the Season 2 finale, and directed one episode. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the series. Other credits include writing for *Galavant* (2015–2016) and *The Tick* (2017–2018), and producing and writing on *F Is for Family* (2020) and *Obliterated* (2023).

In 2021, Piarulli and writing partner Luan Thomas signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television.

*Sources: imdb.com, al.nd.edu, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Fi1m 70, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Obliterated* (2023), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), series, Producer, Co-Producer, Story, Teleplay, Supervising Producer, Writer, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)

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