Phil Joanou

Phil Joanou
Born	November 20, 1961 La Cañada Flintridge, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, music video director
Years active	1984–present

Phil Joanou (born November 20, 1961 in La Cañada Flintridge, California) is an American film director and music video director.

He is best known for his collaborations with the rock band U2, some of the music videos he has directed for the band include "Bad", "One", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". He directed the rockumentary film Rattle and Hum (1988), which documented U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour.^[1]

In 1987, he made his feature film directorial debut with the teen comedy film Three O'Clock High. His other feature film directing credits include State of Grace (1990), Final Analysis (1992), Heaven's Prisoners (1996) and Entropy (1999), the latter of which was an autobiographical film based on Joanou's life.^[2] After a seven-year gap, Joanou's next feature film directing effort was Gridiron Gang.

Filmography

• Last Chance Dance (1984) (short film)
• Three O'Clock High (1987)
• Rattle and Hum (1988)
• State of Grace (1990)
• Age 7 in America (1991) (TV documentary)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
• 14 Up in America (1998) (TV documentary)
• Entropy (1999) (also writer)
• Gridiron Gang (2006)
• The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012) (short film)
• The Veil (2016)

Videography

• "Bad", U2 (1987)
• "One Tree Hill", U2 (1987)
• "When Love Comes to Town" (version 1), U2 & B.B. King (1988)
• "One" (version 3), U2 (1991)
• "Keep the Faith", Bon Jovi (1992)
• "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (version 1), U2 (1992)
• "You Don't Know How It Feels", Tom Petty (1994)
• "Walls (Circus)", Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1996)
• "Sharks Can't Sleep", Tracy Bonham (1996)
• "If God Will Send His Angels", U2 (1997)
• "When You Believe", Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston (1998)
• "All Because of You" (version 1), U2 (2005)
• "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own", U2 (2005)

References

1. "Phil Joanou on How U2 Got Him to Direct 'Rattle and Hum' - Yahoo! Voices". voices.yahoo.com. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
2. "Phil Joanou Reverts to Chaos". Stumped Magazine. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

External links

• Phil Joanou at the Internet Movie Database
• Phil Joanou at MVDBase.com