Biography
Joe Valenti was born in Toms River and has been a life long resident of New Jersey. He developed a love for filmmaking at an early age and produced and directed many short films and videos while growing up. He has been providing entertainment in television and film for over 25 years. His work has aired on ABC, CW, PBS, National Geographic, Netflix, Amazon Prime, ESPN, Fox Sports, Tennis Channel, Tubi and more. He has acquired extensive feature film, commercial and documentary experience as well as years of aired, broadcast productions. He has also directed and streamed thousands of hours of content to almost every popular platform available and has handled every kind of production ranging from single camera episodic and feature film, multi-cam web live streams, to 10 camera live television productions.
Over the years Joe has compiled an arsenal of production equipment including four production trucks. Vision One, Two and Four were created for live broadcast, mobile production and Vision Three, the film production unit which houses complete lighting and grip equipment, is for independent film and television productions,
Valenti's first feature film in 2001, "Lying Beside You" was a truly independent first outing. The $17,000 low budget, 16mm film was awarded several awards throughout its film festival run. Small crews helped create an independent vibe for this feel good, romantic comedy.
"The Hacking Chronicles" (2007), a 24-style action adventure series which Joe shot and directed for AT&T's digital channel at a budget of $33,000 an episode, led to the funding for his next movie. "Echelon 8" (2009)is not only in worldwide distribution and available on Tubi and Apple TV but was also on Netflix for five years as well as being the ABC Late night movie of the week and the CW afternoon movie of the week. His next feature "The Meat Puppet" (2012) was picked up for distribution from Tomkat Films and airing on Amazon Prime and Tubi while also being available for purchase at Best Buy and Amazon.
In January of 2011 Valenti became the producer and director of "All Night with Joey Reynolds", a late night talk show for NBC's New York Nonstop. The show originated from the Nasdaq Market Site in Times Square, New York. Past guests have included, Danny Aiello, Frankie Valli, Jackie Martling, Pat Cooper and Michael Imperioli. The five-night-a-week talk show originated from the Nasdaq studios in Times Square and ran for three straight months playing host to many celebrity guests and musical acts.
Valenti Vision Films also handled production for Nuvo and Fuse's second season of "Knockout" (2015). Valenti served as Producer, DP and Head of Production for the reality show which featured Roy Jones, Jr., Floyd Mayweather, Sr., and Sugar Shane Mosely. Joe was also the Director, DP and editor for PBS' NJTV "Tales of the Jersey Shore", a documentary series focusing on the history of the New Jersey Shore. The online, beloved fan-film "The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman" which was directed, shot, edited and co-written by Valenti, has generated over 40 million combined views on YouTube.
Since 2009, Valenti has directed hundreds of multi-camera live events across the country for Fox Sports, Tennis Channel, ESPN3, AAC, Comcast Sportsnet, The Ivy League, AFL, MAAC, MAC and many others. This also includes the Maxwell Football Awards that aired live on ESPN3, Comcast Sportsnet and ABC Philadelphia over the past 5 years.
Valenti recently wrapped up a two year project as a producer, cinematographer, editor and drone pilot for the television series, "The Chair". The show highlights Roman Catholic Cathedrals across the country and shares interviews with the residing Bishops. Over 90 episodes were shot across more than forty states and the show will begin airing on Amazon Prime September of 2022.
Entering the virtual world in 2020, Valenti Vision Films handled all of the production and directed a National Geographic special called "Stopping Pandemics" with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Roberts. Joe directed the entire show from his home studio with remote call-ins. The show aired on National Geographic and was picked up by ABC and CNN as well. He also handled the recordings and live streams for the Actor's Fund Gala which featured, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Benning, Nathan Lane and Nia Vardalos.
