Joe Collins
Joe Collins is a Director/DP based out of Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University with a BS in Broadcasting in 1987. After graduating, he spent 2 years working as a camera prep tech at General Camera in NY, joining local 644, now the International Cinematographers Guild, in 1990. Joe spent the next decade working as a Camera Assistant, initially as a trainee under East Coast 1st AC legends Scott Rathner and Vinny Gerardo, then working his way up as a 2nd AC, and ultimately to 1st AC. He worked on a wide variety of productions, from commercials, music videos, tv series, to feature films during the 90's. His feature credits include "A Bronx Tale", "Glengarry GlenRoss", "Forest Gump", "Carlito's Way" and John Singleton's remake of "Shaft". His music video credits include shoots for ACDC, Madonna, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Anthrax, Naughty By Nature, Paul McCartney, and Mariah Carey. TV credits included "Spin City", "NYPD Blue", and "Sex And The City". Notable DP's he worked for included Tak Fulimoto ASC, Ed Lachman ASC, John Alonzo ASC, Andrzej Batkowiak ASC, Crescenzo Notarile ASC, Peter Deming ASC, and Stuart Dryburgh ASC. In 2001, while on "Sex And The City", Joe changed his card to operator and spent the next 8 years behind the camera, working mostly on feature films and occasionally on episodic series. His feature credits here include "Michael Clayton", "PS I Love You", "27 Dresses" and "Sex And The City-The Movie". While operating, he also began shooting 2nd Units, and additional photography for the projects he was working on. Notable DP's he operated and shot for include Robert Elswit ASC, John Bailey ASC, Checco Varese ASC, Terry Stacey ASC, and Alik Sakharov ASC. In 2009, Joe took over the DP duties on the series "Ugly Betty" and has been shooting ever since. He has shot Emmy winning series for HBO, HBO Max, Amazon, Apple, Showtime, CBS, NBC, ABC, AMC, and the USA Network. His features include movies for Fox Searchlight, Universal/Dreamworks/Amblin, and Hulu. Joe's work has taken him all over the USA and all around the world. Countries include Ireland, England, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Hungary, South Africa, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. In 2013, Joe joined the DGA and is an active episodic director in addition to his work as a Cinematographer. He is repped by David Morris at UTA.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer
- 16 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Joe Collins' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 1
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Joe Collins' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Joe Collins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Super Troopers 3(2026)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Dexter: Resurrection(2025)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Quasi(2023)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Easter Sunday(2022)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
City on a Hill(2019)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Super Troopers 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Instinct(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Feed the Beast(2016)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Z: The Beginning of Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Royal Pains(2009)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Nanny Diaries(2007)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Friends with Money(2006)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Riding in Cars with Boys(2001)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Bringing Out the Dead(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Love Letter(1999)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Devil's Advocate(1997)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 1997 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Joe Collins' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 16 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the cinematography 35/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 40, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Joe Collins' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Joe Collins work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joe Collins' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jay Chandrasekhar shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jay ChandrasekharShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023), Easter Sunday (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Jay Chandrasekhar
Writers
- Erik StolhanskeShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Stolhanske
- Kevin HeffernanShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Heffernan
- Paul SoterShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Soter
- Steve LemmeShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Lemme
Producers
- Peter LengyelShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Lengyel
- Richard PerelloShared titles: Super Troopers 3 (2026), Quasi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Perello