Joseph Pennella is an American cinematographer and

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

Career

Pennella's career began as a documentary filmmaker in

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. He is a graduate of the

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and received a

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in mass communications.Joe Pennella , Visual Storytelling
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Beginning in the 1980s, Pennella worked on as a second unit director of photography on the films '' Bad Boys'' (1983) and '' Blueberry Hill'' (1988). From 1985, he focused primarily on cinematography, working on the films '' Happy Together'' (1989) and '' Wife, Mother, Murderer'' (1991), both directed by

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. Moving to television, he worked on shows including '' Life Goes On'', ''

The Drew Carey Show ''The Drew Carey Show'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995 to September 8, 2004. Set in Cleveland, Ohio, the series revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalize ...

'', ''

The Wayans Bros. ''The Wayans Bros.'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999. The series starred real life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Hors ...

'', '' Jack & Jill'', '' Ed'', '' Kitchen Condential'', ''

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'', and ''

What About Brian ''What About Brian?'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J. J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a mid-season replacement and concluded ...

''. In 1997, he made his directorial debut with an episode of ''

Clueless ''Clueless'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. It stars Alicia Silverstone with supporting roles by Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd. It was produced by Scott Rudin and Robert ...

''. His other directing credits include ''

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'', ''

Everwood ''Everwood'' (known as ''Our New Life in Everwood'' in the United Kingdom) is an American drama television series created by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti, Mickey Liddell, Rina Mimoun, Andrew A. Ackerman and Michael Green served as executive produce ...

'' and ''

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'', also working as a cinematographer on the latter.

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