Jo Andres, American filmmaker, Died at 65

Jo Andres was born on May 21, 1954 and died on January 7, 2019.

She was an American filmmaker, choreographer and artist.

 

She 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.

During her filmmaker, she 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. 

She directed music and art videos, as well as her own film performance works. 

She was a dance consultant to the acclaimed Wooster Group.

Andres was an artist in residence at leading universities, museums and art colonies, including Yaddo, and The Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. 

She was the creater of a series of cyanotype photographs which can be seen on her website.

Andres  and her husband, actor Steve Buscemi, have one son, Lucian, born in 1990.

Jo Andres passed away 65 years old.