Joe Davola is an American television producer, director and writer.
He frequently collaborates with Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins on many of their projects for their production company the Tollin/Robbins Productions. Some of these projects include All That, The Amanda Show, The Nick Cannon Show, One Tree Hill, What I Like About You, The Bronx Is Burning, and Smallville.
Born and raised in Rosedale NY, Davola started his career at MTV where he quickly became one of its top producers. He co-created the cult game show Remote Control. He went on to Fox Broadcasting Company, where he developed the Emmy Award-winning shows In Living Color and The Ben Stiller Show. Davola then returned to MTV, where he oversaw MTV Films, MTV Home Video and MTV Production. From MTV he went to DreamWorks television where he was involved in the development of the hit ABC show Spin City. The character "Crazy" Joe Davola on the sitcom Seinfeld was named after him.