Jimmy Joe Roche

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birthname = James Joseph Roche
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birthplace = Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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occupation = Visual artist, Filmmaker, Actor
yearsactive = 2003 to Current
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website = http://www.jimmyjoeroche.com
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Jimmy Joe Roche is visual artist and underground filmmaker, based in Baltimore, MD. He is a long-time collaborator of the Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon.

Career

Roche's works have been screened in venues and museums all over the U.S. and Canada including the Corcoran Museum of Art [http://www.wpadc.org/events/past.html] , Walters Museum of Art [http://www.jimmyjoeroche.com/bio.htm] , Anthology Film Archives, New York Underground Film Festival [http://www.nyuff.com/2007/index2.php?p=arc&s=res&did=249] , Yale College, the Great America Music Hall, and San Francisco international Animation festival to name only a few. His recent collaboration, Ultimate Reality, with musician Dan Deacon has gained national press attention [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/52841/dan-deacon-and-jimmy-joe-roche-ultimate-reality/] [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-al.work20jan20,0,1835112.story] . Roche has also worked with the academy award winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme, most recently acting in the film Dancing with Shiva, now in post production [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1084950/fullcredits#cast] . In 2006 he shot and edited the Neil Young Heart of gold: Behind the scenes featuret [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733941/] , and in 2003 he worked with Demme to create the journal for the for the lunatic Corporal Melvin in the Paramount film the Manchurian Candidate [http://www.manchuriancandidate.com/notes02.html] . Recently Roche's short film "Baltimore Shopping Network" was featured on the New Museum's website Rizhome.com [http://rhizome.org/editorial/fp/reblog.php/4105] , and his music video for Deacon's Crystal Cat was featured on the front page of YouTube, gathering over half a million hits [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFlBJ1xZK10] . In June 2008 Roche will have his first solo exhibition of his work at R.A.R.E Gallery in Manhattan, Chelsea [http://www.rare-gallery.com/calender.html] .

Education

Roche Received his BFA from SUNY Purchase in Film in 2004, and his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008.

ee also

*Music of Baltimore
*Dan Deacon

External links

* [http://www.jimmyjoeroche.com/ Roche's Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyjoeroche Jimmy Joe Roche's YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733941/ Jimmy Joe Roche at the IMDb]