Jo Andres
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Jo Andres is a U.S.
filmmaker, choreographer, and artist
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Andres first became known on the kinetic downtown New York performance scene of the 1980s for her film/dance/light performances, shown at the Performing Garage
, La Mama E.T.C., P.S. 122, St. Marks Danspace, and the Collective for Living Cinema.
As a filmmaker, Andres drew acclaim and awards for the 1996 film, Black Kites which aired on PBS and played several film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, London and Human Rights Watch Film Festivals.
Andres directed music and art videos, as well as her own film performance works. Andres was a dance consultant to the acclaimed Wooster Group.
She has been an artist in residence at leading universities, museums and art colonies, including Yaddo
, and The Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy.
Andres created a series of cyanotype
photographs which can be seen on her website.
She and her husband, actor Steve Buscemi
, have one son, Lucian.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
filmmaker, choreographer, and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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Andres first became known on the kinetic downtown New York performance scene of the 1980s for her film/dance/light performances, shown at the Performing Garage
Performing Garage
The Performing Garage is an off-Broadway theater in SoHo, New York City. Established in 1968, it is the permanent home of the experimental theater company originally named The Performance Group that morphed in 1980 into The Wooster Group , and their primary performance venue.Since 1978, it also...
, La Mama E.T.C., P.S. 122, St. Marks Danspace, and the Collective for Living Cinema.
As a filmmaker, Andres drew acclaim and awards for the 1996 film, Black Kites which aired on PBS and played several film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, London and Human Rights Watch Film Festivals.
Andres directed music and art videos, as well as her own film performance works. Andres was a dance consultant to the acclaimed Wooster Group.
She has been an artist in residence at leading universities, museums and art colonies, including Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
, and The Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy.
Andres created a series of cyanotype
Cyanotype
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that gives a cyan-blue print. The process was popular in engineering circles well into the 20th century. The simple and low-cost process enabled them to produce large-scale copies of their work, referred to as blueprints...
photographs which can be seen on her website.
She and her husband, actor Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
, have one son, Lucian.
Filmography
- 1992: What Happened to Pete (directed by Steve Buscemi) (editor)
- 1996: Black Kites (director, editor, special effects director)
- 1998: Piece of Cake (music video for Mimi GoeseMimi GoeseMimi Goese is the former vocalist for college rock band Hugo Largo. Two collaborations with Moby, Into the Blue and When It's Cold I'd Like to Die appear on the latter's album Everything Is Wrong...
) (director) - 1998: The ImpostorsThe ImpostorsThe Impostors is a 1998 farce motion picture written and directed by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly....
(choreographer) - 2000: Lillian Kiesler: On The Head Of A Pin (director)