Joe pytka biography
Joe Pytka (born November 4, ) is an....
Joe Pytka is an American film, television, commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Joe Pytka
American film director
Joe Pytka | |
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| Born | () November 4, (age86) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, music video director |
| Yearsactive | –present |
Joe Pytka (born November 4, ) is an American film, television, commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials.[3]
Early life
Pytka studied fine arts at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon), and chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
He began his film career at WRS Motion Pictures while still in college. He moved to New York as a post-production supervisor at MGM Telestudios but returned to Pittsburgh to make documentaries at WQED, a flagship production center of the then National Educational Television Network, now PBS.[4] His work there for