Joseph Zito

Joseph Zito

Birth : 1946-05-14, New York, USA

History

Joseph Zito is an American film director. He is perhaps well known for directing many low budget action B-movies of the 1980s such as, Missing in Action, Invasion U.S.A., Red Scorpion, and many others. In the mid-1980s, Zito spent a year of pre-production on the Cannon version of Spider-Man. The film was never made.

Profile

Joseph Zito

Movies

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Himself - Director
Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Himself
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
Himself
2004 docu-drama film franchise to Crystal Lake to Manhattan.
Crystal Lake Victims Tell All
Crystal Lake Victims Tell All
Himself
Behind the scenes of Friday the 13th.
Power Play
Power Play
Director
An investigative reporter links the deaths of three people to a high profile corporation, while scientists working on their privately funded research project are forced to look beyond their work and face realitytheir experiments may be the cause of a series of killer earthquakes. The corporation will stop at nothing to keep this secret from becoming public.
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
Executive Producer
An elite commando unit must rescue a captured peacekeeping force from a ruthless international arms dealer.
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
Director
An elite commando unit must rescue a captured peacekeeping force from a ruthless international arms dealer.
Red Scorpion
Red Scorpion
Director
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.
Invasion U.S.A.
Invasion U.S.A.
Director
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Missing in Action
Missing in Action
Director
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Director
After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
The Prowler
The Prowler
Producer
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
The Prowler
The Prowler
Director
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
Blood Rage
Blood Rage
Producer
A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.
Blood Rage
Blood Rage
Director
A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.
Abduction
Abduction
Director
The daughter of wealthy businessman is taken hostage by a gang of radical black revolutionaries. While she fears for her life at first, she gradually starts to become sympathetic to her kidnappers' cause, and begins to consider herself to be one of them.