Writing • AGE 57
Joseph Aaron "Joe" Carnahan (born May 9, 1969) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his films Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, Narc, Smokin' Aces a...


The Rip
Threatening Phone Voice
2026

Not Without Hope
Screenplay
2025

Shadow Force
Shady Government Type
2025

A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023

Copshop
Producer
2021

Boss Level
Customer at the Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)
2021

Bad Boys for Life
Screenplay
2020

Into the Ashes
Executive Producer
2019

Point Blank
Producer
2019

El Chicano
Writer
2019

Fightworld
Executive Producer
2018

Death Wish
Screenplay
2018

Wheelman
Producer
2017

State of Affairs
Director
2014

Stretch
Screenplay
2014

Out of Print
Self
2014

Those Who Kill
Director
2014

The Blacklist
Director
2013

The Grey
Director
2012

The A-Team
Mike "The Operator"
2010

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Characters
2010

The Fourth Kind
Producer
2009

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self
2008

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Self
2008

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self
2008

Pride and Glory
Screenplay
2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008

Smokin' Aces
Director
2006

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Self
2004

Narc: Making the Deal
Self
2003

Narc: The Visual Trip
Self
2003

Narc: The Friedkin Connection
Self
2003

Ticker
Director
2002

Narc
Screenplay
2002

The Hire
Director
2001

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane
Sid French
1998

The Devil Takes a Holiday
Co-Producer
1996

Karate Raider
Screenplay
1995