[2] Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions",[3] working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours.
His first major directing job was the first episode of The Great Bookie Robbery (1986).
[4] In 1987 Joffe won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Direction in Television for The Great Bookie Robbery.
In 1991 he won the Peace Prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival[5] for More Winners: Boy Soldiers.
In 1992 he was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Spotswood.