Joseph Minion
Writer · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Minion is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985). Born in New Jersey in 1957, Minion briefly attended NYU Film School before finishing his studies at Columbia University, then renowned for its screenwriting program. In 1984, Minion's script for After Hours was optioned by Griffin Dunne and Amy Robinson, the latter a former actress who'd appeared as Harvey Keitel's damaged girlfriend in Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973). Robinson sent Minion's screenplay to Scorsese, whose Last Temptation of Christ had recently fallen through; production on After Hours started shortly afterward. Later, it surfaced that Minion had plagiarized portions of After Hours from radio host Joe Frank, who successfully sued for an undisclosed sum. Minion continued his screenwriting career with 1987's Julia and Julia starring Kathleen Turner; 1989's Vampire's Kiss, starring Nicolas Cage; Motorama (1991); and On the Run (1999). He also worked again with Martin Scorsese in 1986 for an episode of Amazing Stories. As a director, Minion made his debut for producer Roger Corman with 1987's Daddy's Boys, said to have been thrown together at the last minute to make use of standing sets for Big Bad Mama II. His last outing as director was for another low-budget feature, Trafficking (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Minion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
- Writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Joseph Minion's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 0
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
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 Joseph Minion's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Joseph Minion's 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
10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Airport 2012 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
On the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Trafficking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Motorama(1991)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Vampire's Kiss(1988)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Daddy's Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
After Hours(1985)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1981 to 2014.
How do Joseph Minion's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 57, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Joseph Minion's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Joseph Minion work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joseph Minion's MovieCove titles; Barry Shils shares the most, 2.
- Barry ShilsShared titles: Motorama (1991), Vampire's Kiss (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Shils
