Jo Andres

Mary Jo Andres Buscemi (1954 – January 6, 2019) was an American filmmaker, choreographer and artist.

Jo Andres
Born
Mary Jo Andres

1954
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died (aged 64)
Brooklyn, New York City U.S.
OccupationFilmmaker, choreographer, artist
Years active1992–2019
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1987)
Children1

Early life and career

Andres was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1954.[1] 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 Experimental Theater Club P.S. 122, St. Marks Danspace, and the Collective for Living Cinema.[2] 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.[3] 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 was 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.[4][5]

Personal life

She married actor Steve Buscemi in 1987; they had one son, Lucian, born in 1990.[6][7]

Death

Andres died at her home in Brooklyn on January 6, 2019, at age 64,[1] from encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, a rare disease of the bowel.[8] A private memorial service was held on January 8.[9]

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 Goese) (director)
  • 1998: The Impostors (choreographer)
  • 2000: Lillian Kiesler: On The Head Of A Pin (director)
gollark: I may be referred to as car/cdr if desired.
gollark: The problem with spaces is that you can’t actually see them. So you can’t be sure they’re correct. Also they aren’t actually there anyway - they are the absence of code. “Anti-code” if you will. Too many developers format their code “to make it more maintainable” (like that’s actually a thing), but they’re really just filling the document with spaces. And it’s impossible to know how spaces will effect your code, because if you can’t see them, then you can’t read them. Real code wizards know to just write one long line and pack it in tight. What’s that you say? You wrote 600 lines of code today? Well I wrote one, and it took all week, but it’s the best. And when I hand this project over to you next month I’ll have solved world peace in just 14 lines and you will be so lucky to have my code on your screen <ninja chop>.
gollark: Remove the call stack and do trampolining or something?
gollark: Yes, I think this is possible.
gollark: (ethically)

References
  1. Sandomir, Richard (January 16, 2019). "Jo Andres, Innovative Choreographer and Filmmaker, Dies at 64". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  2. "Jo Andres". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  3. "Jo Andres (1954–2019)". IMDb. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. "This Is Beauty, Girls: Nine Cyanotypes by Jo Andres". Flavorpill. October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  5. Andres, Jo (2007). "Darkness & Delight cyanotypes". co.sine.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  6. D'Zurilla, Christie (December 14, 2010). "Michael C. Hall divorce has him alone among fellow Golden Globe nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. "Filmmaker Jo Andres, wife of actor Steve Buscemi, dies at 64". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  8. Moinuddin, Z.; Summers, A.; Van Dellen, D.; Augustine, T.; Herrick, S. E. (2015). "EPS description". Frontiers in Physiology. 5. p. 470. doi:10.3389/fphys.2014.00470. PMC 4283512. PMID 25601836.
  9. Evans, Greg (January 12, 2019). "Jo Andres Dies: 'Black Kites' Filmmaker, Wife of Steve Buscemi was 64". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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