Joseph "Joe" Solomito is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 director

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

 and Executive Producer

Executive producer

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.

Positions held

• First-assistant Director on The Toxic Avenger
  The Toxic Avenger
  The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed...
  
  (1985)
• Production executive on The Toxic Avenger
  The Toxic Avenger
  The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed...
  
  
• Technical Director on Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
  
  and All My Children
  All My Children
  All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
  
  
• Executive Producer
  Executive producer
  An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
  
   on ABC News
  ABC News
  ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
  
  ' Nightline
  Nightline
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Awards and nominations

Solomito has been nominated for five Daytime Emmy awards in the category Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series, for his work on All My Children

All My Children

All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

. He was nominated in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and won all three awards. His first win was shared with Howard Zweig, Lawrence Hammond, Robert Ambrico, Diane Cates-Cantrell, Christopher Mauro Larry Strack, Vincent Senatore, Albin S. Lemanski, Len Walas, Diana Wenman

Diana Wenman

Diana Wenman is an American television director and editor.-Positions held:* Director on All My Children , and Search for Tomorrow.* Associate Director on Royal Society Jazz Orchestra...

, Jean Dadario-Burke Roger Haenelt, John Grella, Irving Robbin, James Reichert, and Teri Smith.

Other programming produced by Solomito includes Good Morning America, Watergate Hearings, political conventions and Wide World of Sports, including, Monday Night Football, US Open and Olympic coverage.

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