1. Joe Menendez was born on June 23,1969 and is an American film and television director, who has moved between the film and TV medium his entire career.
12 Facts About Joe Menendez
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Joe Menendez was born in New York City and raised in Miami.
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Joe Menendez has directed episodes of Star Trek: Picard, Elsbeth, Evil, Snowpiercer, Quantum Leap, Kung Fu, Siren,12 Monkeys and Queen of the South and From Dusk till Dawn: The Series for Robert Rodriguez's El Rey, including the series finale, which is based on the 1996 Rodriguez film From Dusk till Dawn written by Quentin Tarantino.
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He's directed episodes for Blumhouse Productions' anthology series 12 Deadly Days for YouTube Red Joe Menendez has directed episodes of the Amazon Studios series, Just Add Magic, and episodes for the second season of the series East Los High for Hulu.
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Since the year 2000, Joe Menendez directed multiple episodes for various Nickelodeon shows including 100 Things to Do Before High School, Big Time Rush, True Jackson VP, Just Jordan, Unfabulous, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Taina, and The Brothers Garcia, for which he won an ALMA Award for OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY in 2001.
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Joe Menendez directed several episodes of Andi Mack and Stuck in the Middle for Disney Channel as well as Kirby Buckets and Zeke and Luther for Disney XD, including the June 15th, 2009 world premiere "Bros Go Pro", which delivered the highest ratings ever for a primetime series premiere on the channel.
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Joe Menendez directed the action-adventure TV movie Legends of the Hidden Temple, which premiered on Nickelodeon on November 26,2016.
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In 2002 he made his second feature film, the indie drama HUNTING OF MAN, which Joe Menendez edited, wrote and directed.
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Joe Menendez gathered $10,000 from his family and made his feature film debut with the indie action thriller LORDS OF THE BARRIO, which was shot in 1995 and 1996 but wasn't released on DVD until 2002.
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Joe Menendez then landed his first professional gig directing over 20 reenactments for the syndicated reality TV series Real Stories of the Highway Patrol in 1995.
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From 1996 through 2000, Joe Menendez worked almost exclusively in the Spanish TV world, directing multiple episodes for three different Columbia Tri-Star multi-camera half hours: Los Beltran, VIVA VEGAS and SOLO EN AMERICA, which aired on the Telemundo Network.
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Joe Menendez was a Staff Writer on the 2003 FOX sitcom, Luis, and from 2004 through 2005 he directed an episode of Cuts for the network formerly known as UPN, was a Consulting Producer on The Playbook for Spike TV, wrote two episodes for the PBS kids show Dragon Tales, produced a reality TV series for nuvoTV called URBAN JUNGLE, and sold a pilot to Nickelodeon called COUSINS.