Joe Carnahan is a veteran action director whose latest thriller, The Rip, starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Sasha Calle, is out now on Netflix. He made his directorial debut at Sundance with Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane in 1998 and established himself as a force within action filmmaking with his second feature, Narc, starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric. His notable Hollywood films since then include the star-studded crime caper Smokin’ Aces (2006), his big-screen reboot of The A-Team (2010), with Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper, the Alaskan-set The Grey (2011), also starring Liam Neeson, and time-loop thriller Boss Level, starring Frank Grilllo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson. (Photo by Claire Folger/Netflix.)
