Joe Torre doc from John Turturro in the works
Actor John Turturro is back behind the camera Joe Torre (working title), a new documentary about the longtime Yankees manager and National Baseball Hall of Fame member of the same name.
Hailing from Motto Pictures, MLB Studios, and Banijay America’s BD4, the film will look at Torre’s contributions to the national pastime as a player, manager, and beyond – a career that saw him become a nine-time All-Star, National League Most Valuable Player Award winner, and four-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees. Offering an intimate look at Torre’s journey from growing up in Brooklyn to becoming one of baseball’s great players and respected leaders, the film combines fresh, candid interviews with Torre and key figures from his life, along with extensive archival footage from the MLB library and original storytelling. He explores how personal challenges and family dynamics shaped his leadership style—a style built on compassion, humility, and quiet strength.
Over 12 seasons as Yankees manager, Torre led the team to the postseason every year, including six World Series appearances and four championships. He remains the only person in Major League Baseball history to record 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager.
“Joe Torre’s lifelong journey to a world championship is full of ups and downs, and ups and downs, through changing landscapes and turbulent times. There is something deeply human in Joe Torre’s quiet strength,” said Turturro, a New York native. “At a time when men in sports hid their emotions behind toughness, Joe defied convention. His strength comes from empathy, and his victories from understanding people. His journey from a nervous kid with an abusive father to an outstanding professional baseball player who was the 1971 MVP and as a manager who was fired three times before taking over as manager of the Yankees. After 4,272 games as a player and manager and never having played in a World Series, he made his first victory lap. Yankee Stadium in a thrilling World Series win over Atlanta.
“It’s hard to imagine that a neurotic kid from Brooklyn with low self-esteem could go on a journey like mine over 60 years,” Torre said. “I never once thought I would go anywhere. But baseball gave me a place to hide — and ultimately gave me the opportunity to find things in myself that I never knew existed. I’m grateful that John Turturro, who witnessed the hometown dream My head, which I was lucky enough to live in, joins me in looking back and telling the story personally. “way.”
Motto Pictures’ Christopher Clements and Julie Goldman are producing the documentary, with executive producers including MLB Studios’ Nick Trotta, BD4’s Dan Silver and Ryan Harrington, and Ken Shearer, who developed the project with the Torre family. Andrea Torre serves as co-executive producer.
An actor, director, writer and producer whose career spans more than three decades, Turturro recently received multiple Emmy nominations for his work on the Apple TV show. to cut. He won the Golden Camera at the Cannes Film Festival for his film mac, Making his directorial debut, he has also directed titles such as Illuminati, romance, cigarettes, passion, pimp fades, and Rolls Jesus. Next, we will see that he leads The only living pickpocket in New York, An announced crime thriller film, directed by Noah Segan. He is repped by UTA.