Joseph P. Reidy

Joseph P. Reidy is an American film producer and assistant director whose screen credits place him in the practical, production-management side of major studio filmmaking. Public film-credit databases identify him primarily through assistant-directing, second-unit and producing work, especially on large-scale features made by prominent directors from the late 1980s onward. Because little conventional biographical information is publicly available, the most reliable account of his career is credit-based: he is a behind-the-camera professional associated with scheduling, set coordination and production execution rather than a public-facing performer.

Reidy's credits show a sustained connection with New York-centered and prestige American filmmaking. He is credited as a first assistant director on Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and Shutter Island, and as an assistant director on The Departed. He is also listed as second unit director on GoodFellas. Those credits indicate repeated work on complex productions involving period settings, large casts and carefully coordinated location work. In addition to directing-department roles, he has producer-side credits on several Scorsese-associated films, including associate producer credits on Casino and The Age of Innocence and co-producer credits on Gangs of New York, The Aviator and Shutter Island.

His filmography extends beyond Scorsese collaborations. Reidy is credited as first assistant director on films including Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Cape Fear, Jacob's Ladder, Donnie Brasco, Mona Lisa Smile, Black Swan, The Dictator, White House Down, Unbroken, Money Monster, Ben Is Back, In the Heights, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Mr. Harrigan's Phone and Ferrari. He is also credited as producer on The Horse Whisperer and Born on the Fourth of July, and as a co-producer on later films such as In the Heights, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Ferrari. Taken together, these credits describe a career built around high-pressure physical production, often on ambitious dramas, thrillers and period pieces.