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name: "Phil Joanou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-joanou"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T09:23:11.988510+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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# Phil Joanou

Director. Born 20 November 1961 in La Cañada, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 November 1961, La Cañada, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716373, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18500

## Biography

Phil Joanou (born 20 November 1961) is an American film, television and music video director. He was born in La Cañada Flintridge, California, and studied at UCLA's theatre department before attending USC's cinema programme. His award-winning student short *Last Chance Dance* (1984) led to work with Steven Spielberg on two episodes of the anthology series *Amazing Stories*.

Joanou's feature debut was the comedy *Three O'Clock High* (1987). He is known for his long association with U2, directing their concert documentary *Rattle and Hum* (1988) as well as multiple music videos. His other films include *State of Grace* (1990), *Final Analysis* (1992), *Heaven's Prisoners* (1996), *Entropy* (1999) and *Gridiron Gang* (2006). He also directed an episode of the neo-noir anthology series *Fallen Angels* (1993) and the comedy special *Chris Tucker Live* (2015).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Veil* (2016), Director
- *Chris Tucker: Live* (2015), Director
- *Gridiron Gang* (2006), Director
- *Entropy* (1999), Director, Writer, Producer
- *14 Up in America* (1998), Director
- *Heaven's Prisoners* (1996), Director
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Wild Palms* (1993), series, Director
- *Final Analysis* (1992), Director
- *Age 7 in America* (1991), Director
- *Amazing Stories: The Movie II* (1990), Director
- *State of Grace* (1990), Director
- *U2: Rattle and Hum* (1988), Director, Editor
- *Three O'Clock High* (1987), Director
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Director
- *The Last Chance Dance* (1984), Writer, Director

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