Joseph Andy

Joseph Sammy Anderson (July 15, 1943 - December 31, 2018) known professionally as Joseph Andy was an American filmmaker known for directing films in the action and adventure genres, the younger brother of Carl Andy, he directed films such as Area 88 and Top of the Rock and worked with megastars like Charles Bronson, Sylvester Stallone and Eddie Murphy.
on New Year's Eve, 2018, Joseph was found dead of suicide from hanging.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Joeseph was born at the UCLA Medical Center on July 15, 1943, he attended Brooklyn City School in 1954 but was expelled in 1957 for getting into fights with other students, there he became a Boxer at the age of 15 under the name "Battlin' Joe" and fought in bars and underground clubs late on Thursday or Friday nights, his career came to an end in 1963 when he got injuries during a match that gave him a scar across his forehead that required facial surgery, he was considered unable to fight and retired, years later in 1966 he was drafted to the US Marines to serve in Vietnam
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== Filmography ==
* The Schmucks (1974) - New World Pictures
*Military Brats (1979) - Universal Pictures/Fantasy Films
* The Hollywood Connection (1980) - Paramount Pictures
* Little Caesar (1981) - Warner Bros. Pictures/Orion Pictures
*Cross Country Chase (1983) - Orion Pictures
* The Last Days of the Sun (1984) - Warner Bros. Pictures/The Geffen Company
* Mayday (1984) - Universal Pictures
* Hell to Pay (1985) - Tri-Star Pictures/The Cannon Group
* Area 88 (1987) - Warner Bros. Pictures/The Cannon Group
* Action! (1988) - Columbia Pictures/Nelson Entertainment
*Hong Kong Showdown (1988) - Universal Pictures/Golden Harvest
*Average Joe (1990) - 20th Century Fox/Morgan Creek Productions
* Pandemic 2030 (1992) - Universal Pictures
*Because the Night (1992) - Dimension Films
* Top of the Rock (1994) - TriStar Pictures/Carolco Pictures
* The Adventures of Quezal Louis (1994) - 20th Century Fox
* Too Low for Cold (1997) - Columbia Pictures/Castle Rock Entertainment
* Clash by Night (1998) - Warner Bros. Pictures/Morgan Creek Productions
* The Missing Number (2002) - Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures
* X-1 (2005) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/TriStar Pictures 
*Castle Wolfenstein (2006) - Hollywood Pictures/Constantin Film
*87th Precinct Mystery (2007) - 20th Century Fox/Europacorp
*My Dad Beat Up Your Dad (2010) - Miramax Films/Samuel Goldwyn Films
=== Television ===
*Each Day I Die (1974) - Universal Television
*Fireball 500 (1994) - Dimension Television, part of Rebel Highway
=== Cancelled Projects ===
* The Authority - Warner Bros. Pictures/Castle Rock, based on the DC/Wildstorm comic of the same name
*Cyborg 009 - Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios, cancelled after Revolution's contract with Sony expired in 2007 and Sony's rights on the property expiring
=== Passed/Rejected projects ===
* Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
* Halloween II (1981)
* Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
* Top Gun (1986)
* License to Kill (1989)
* Turner & Hooch (1989)
* Tango & Cash (1989)
* Total Recall (1990)
* RoboCop 2 (1990)
* Universal Soldier (1992)
* The Crush (1993)
* Executive Decision (1996)
* Bad Moon (1996)
* The Peacemaker (1997)
* Battlefield Earth (2000)
Category:1943 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:American people of Jewish descent
Category:Carl Andy Timeline
Category:American film directors
Category:MTV Movie & TV Award winners
Category:Andy family
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent