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Joe Perota

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  • Additional Crew
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Joe Perota is known for Hangin' w/MTV (1992), The Challenge (1998) and YESterdays (2008).
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  • Known for

    Allen Benatar in Behind the Music (1997)
    Hangin' w/MTV
    3.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Jake Cornish, Izzy Fairthorne, Olivia Kaiser, Chris 'C.T.' Tamburello, Blue Kim, Cedric Hodges, Leonardo Dionicio, Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio, Cara Maria Sorbello, and Leroy Garrett in The Challenge (1998)
    The Challenge
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    YESterdays
    TV Series
    • Director
    Club MTV
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director

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    • Power Confidential (2019)
      Power Confidential
      6.7
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2019–2020
    • Vice Live (2019)
      Vice Live
      2.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Connor Ratliff, Hallie Bulleit, Chris Gethard, Noah Forman, Keith Haskel, Shannon O'Neill, Bethany Hall, Robert Malone, David Bluvband, Dru Johnston, J.D. Amato, Riley Soloner, Murf Meyer, Gary Richardson, Alex Clute, Bill Florio, and Jon Vafiadis in The Chris Gethard Show (2015)
      The Chris Gethard Show
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2018
    • 24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality (2017)
      24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality
      TV Movie
      • co-director
      • 2017
    • Jake Cornish, Izzy Fairthorne, Olivia Kaiser, Chris 'C.T.' Tamburello, Blue Kim, Cedric Hodges, Leonardo Dionicio, Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio, Cara Maria Sorbello, and Leroy Garrett in The Challenge (1998)
      The Challenge
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • 24 Hours of Reality: The Road Forward (2016)
      24 Hours of Reality: The Road Forward
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • John Oliver in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
      Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • W. Kamau Bell in Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (2012)
      Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
      5.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • mtvU Woodie Awards 2012
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Singapore Sessions with Charlie Rose
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Denis Leary & Friends Presents: Douchbags & Donuts (2011)
      Denis Leary & Friends Presents: Douchbags & Donuts
      6.4
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Kids Choice Awards Orange Carpet 2010
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Teen Mom OG (2009)
      Teen Mom OG
      3.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Be the Change Inaugural Ball
      6.4
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2009
    • mtvU Woodie Awards 2009
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2009

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • MTV US Top 20 Countdown (1984)
      MTV US Top 20 Countdown
      7.4
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1988

    Additional Crew



    • Connor Ratliff, Hallie Bulleit, Chris Gethard, Noah Forman, Keith Haskel, Shannon O'Neill, Bethany Hall, Robert Malone, David Bluvband, Dru Johnston, J.D. Amato, Riley Soloner, Murf Meyer, Gary Richardson, Alex Clute, Bill Florio, and Jon Vafiadis in The Chris Gethard Show (2015)
      The Chris Gethard Show
      7.4
      TV Series
      • creative consultant
      • 2016

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