Joe Pytka

Director · Born November 4, 1938 (87) · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Joe Pytka (born November 4th, 1938) is an American film, television, commercial and music video director. He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials. Pytka is best known for directing Space Jam (1996).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: November 4, 1938 (87)
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as: Director
Titles: 2 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 39% in 30 days

Where can I watch Joe Pytka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on HBO Max (1).

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- Space Jam (1996) · director

Subscription and free streaming for Joe Pytka'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

5 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Space Jam(1996)
Director
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Director
The King of Ads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Director
Let It Ride(1989)
Director
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

Career shape

Biggest box office

Space Jam (1996)

$231M worldwide

Highest rated

Let It Ride (1989)

Midcredits 70^th