Jimmy Joe Roche
Encyclopedia
Jimmy Joe Roche is an American visual artist and underground filmmaker, based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a long-time collaborator of the Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon
.
, Anthology Film Archives
, New York Underground Film Festival, Yale College, the Great American Music Hall
, and San Francisco International Animation festival. His recent collaboration, Ultimate Reality, with musician Dan Deacon
has gained national press attention.
Roche has also worked with the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme
, most recently acting in the film Rachel Getting Married
. In 2006 he shot and edited the Neil Young
"Heart of Gold: Behind the Scenes" featurette, and in 2003 he worked with Demme to create the journal for Corporal Melvin in the Paramount film the Manchurian Candidate
.
Recently Roche's short film Baltimore Shopping Network was featured on the New Museum's website Rizhome, and his music video for Deacon's "Crystal Cat" was featured on the front page of YouTube
, gathering over a million views. In June 2008 Roche will have his first solo exhibition of his work at R.A.R.E Gallery in Chelsea
, Manhattan.
in 2008.
Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels...
.
Career
Roche's works have been screened in venues and museums all over the U.S. and Canada including the Corcoran Museum of Art, Walters Art MuseumWalters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum, located in Baltimore, Maryland's Mount Vernon neighborhood, is a public art museum founded in 1934. The museum's collection was amassed substantially by two men, William Thompson Walters , who began serious collecting when he moved to Paris at the outbreak of the American...
, Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives
__notoc__Anthology Film Archives is a film archive and theater located at 32 Second Avenue on the corner of East Second Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. It is the only non-profit organization of its...
, New York Underground Film Festival, Yale College, the Great American Music Hall
Great American Music Hall
The Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater...
, and San Francisco International Animation festival. His recent collaboration, Ultimate Reality, with musician Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels...
has gained national press attention.
Roche has also worked with the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demme is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, he has also directed the acclaimed movies Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop...
, most recently acting in the film Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3, 2008. The film opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival. The film also...
. In 2006 he shot and edited the Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
"Heart of Gold: Behind the Scenes" featurette, and in 2003 he worked with Demme to create the journal for Corporal Melvin in the Paramount film the Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate , by Richard Condon, is a political thriller novel about the son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the Communist Party....
.
Recently Roche's short film Baltimore Shopping Network was featured on the New Museum's website Rizhome, and his music video for Deacon's "Crystal Cat" was featured on the front page of YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, gathering over a million views. In June 2008 Roche will have his first solo exhibition of his work at R.A.R.E Gallery in Chelsea
Chelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The district's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, 30th Street to the north, the western boundary of the Ladies' Mile Historic District – which lies between the Avenue of the Americas and...
, Manhattan.
Education
Roche Received his BFA from SUNY Purchase in Film in 2004, and his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of ArtMaryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
in 2008.