Joseph Zito

Directing

Joseph Zito

Born 1946-05-14 · New York, USA

Joseph Zito is an American film director. He is perhaps well known for directing many low budget action B-movies of the 1980s such as, Missing in Action, Invasion U.S.A., Red Scorpion, and many others. In the mid-1980s, Zito spent a year of pre-production on the Cannon version of Spider-Man. The film was never made.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter poster
6.1

After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984

Missing in Action poster
5.9

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Missing in Action

1984

Invasion U.S.A. poster
5.8

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Invasion U.S.A.

1985

Red Scorpion poster
6.0

A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.

Red Scorpion

1988

The Prowler poster
5.8

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

The Prowler

1981

The Prowler poster
5.8

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

The Prowler

1981

Abduction poster
4.0

The daughter of wealthy businessman is taken hostage by a gang of radical black revolutionaries. While she fears for her life at first, she gradually starts to become sympathetic to her kidnappers' cause, and begins to consider herself to be one of them.

Abduction

1975

Power Play poster
4.8

An investigative reporter links the deaths of three people to a high profile corporation, while scientists working on their privately funded research project are forced to look beyond their work and face realitytheir experiments may be the cause of a series of killer earthquakes. The corporation will stop at nothing to keep this secret from becoming public.

Power Play

2002

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol poster
5.1

An elite commando unit must rescue a captured peacekeeping force from a ruthless international arms dealer.

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol

2000

Bloodrage poster
4.4

A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.

Bloodrage

1980

Bloodrage poster
4.4

A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.

Bloodrage

1980