---
name: "Joseph Ruffalo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-ruffalo"
fi1m_id: "joseph-ruffalo"
tmdb_id: 1614968
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:25.615902+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."
---

# Joseph Ruffalo

## Identity

Joseph Ruffalo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-ruffalo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-ruffalo
- **TMDB ID:** 1614968
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1614968

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1614968

## Biography

Joseph Ruffalo is a producer and artist manager. He was a partner in the management firm Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli, which represented Prince, and co-founded the American Recording Company in 1978.

Ruffalo produced the films *Purple Rain* (1984), *Under the Cherry Moon* (1986) and *Prince: Sign 'o' the Times* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com, oak1.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Rain* (1984), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Prince: Sign 'o' the Times* (1987), Producer
- *Under the Cherry Moon* (1986), Producer
- *Purple Rain* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

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