Dominic J. DeJoseph
Director
DOCUMENTARIES:
“Johnny Berlin Part 2.” Co-Producer/Director/Camera. Black Shoe Films, 2008.
Executive Producer: Documentary Channel
60-minute documentary sequel to “Johnny Berlin.”
Premiered at The Sarasota Film Festival 2008.
Winner, Best of Doc Channel 2008 Award.
Airing on Documentary Channel, streaming on SnagFilms.com.
“Johnny Berlin.” Co-Producer/Director/Camera. Black Shoe Films, 2005.
Executive Producers: Jim McKay & Michael Stipe
60-minute documentary, an intimate, offbeat, and humorous portrait of the mid-life crisis of a porter aboard a luxury train who expounds upon his life as a struggling writer while holding down a workaday job and trying to maintain some semblance of a life on board the train.
Premiered at SILVERDOCS (AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival) 2006. Screened at The New York Television Festival, The Sarasota Film Festival, Revelation Perth in Australia, and CineRail in Paris, France, among others.
Winner, Special Director’s Award, Santa Cruz Film Festival, Best of Doc Channel 2008.
Airing on Documentary Channel, streaming on SnagFilms.com.
“The Heart of America Tour.” Co-Producer/Director/Camera. DATA, 2003.
Executive Producers: Bobby Shriver & Bono
30-minute documentary chronicling a grassroots trip through the Midwest by Bono of U2, Ashley Judd, Chris Tucker, and Bobby Shriver as they met with the people of the Midwest, U.S. Senators, AIDS activists, church groups, and union organizers to discuss the AIDS emergency in Africa.
Screened at The Tribeca Film Festival 2003.
“The One Dollar Diary.” Director/Camera. Wim Wenders Productions, 2001
Narrated by Wim Wenders
95-minute feature documentary about German film director, Wim Wenders, making The Million Dollar Hotel. The film gives insight into the filmmaker’s visual references, his belief in actors, and his collaboration with the musicians, Bono, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Jon Hassell on the score.
Screened at The Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media, The Torino International Film Festival in Italy, and at special screenings in Australia, UK, and Israel. Broadcast on IFC.
TV SEGMENTS:
“R.E.M. - When In Rome.” Field Producer/Director/Camera. E! International, 2005
30-minute documentary following R.E.M. through the Italian leg of a world tour.
Received the highest ratings for a one-off show on E! International in 2005.
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Dan Auerbach “Trouble Weighs a Ton” (Live). Director/Camera. RED(WIRE), 2009
Jenny Lewis “Acid Tongue” (Live). Director/Camera. RED(WIRE), 2008
Tilly and The Wall “Reckless.” Director. Team-Love Records, 2005
The Stills “Changes Are No Good.” Director/Camera. VICE Records, 2004.
Named on NME’s Top Ten Music Videos, 2004
Ryan Adams “This Is It.” Director/Camera. Lost Highway Records, 2004
R.E.M. “Bittersweet Me” Warner Brothers Records, 1996
Named on MTV’sTop Ten, 1996
Released on the R.E.M. In View - Best of compilation, 2003
R.E.M. “New Test Leper.” Co-director. Warner Brothers Records, 1996
Released on the R.E.M. In View - Best of compilation, 2003
The Dandy Warhols “Nothin’ to Do.” Director/Camera. Tim Kerr Records, 1995
SHORT FILMS:
“Untitled.” Director/Camera. Black Shoe Films, 2009
Experimental video loop made for an art exhibition at SOIL in Seattle, WA and the White Cube in the White Stag Building, in Portland, OR.
All of the artwork in this exhibition relates to a book written in 1974 by Warner Herzog, Of Walking In Ice.
“Whirl.”Director/Camera. Black Shoe Films, 2008
1-minute experimental video.
Screened internationally at Fugitive Projects in Nashville, TN and the Cannes Film Festival 2008.
“Ghost Ray.” Director/Camera. Black Shoe Films, 2006
1-minute experimental video.
Screened internationally at Fugitive Projects in Nashville, TN, Montreal, Dublin, Stockholm, Cairo and the Cannes Film Festival 2006.
“R.E.M. Monster Tour Film.” Director. Black Shoe Films, 1994
Series of short 16 & 35mm films made for projection behind the rock group, R.E.M., during their worldwide Monster Tour.
“Levitate Me.” Director/Camera/Editor. Black Shoe Films, 1993
30-minute narrative 16mm film about a man who decides to attempt levitation instead of committing suicide.
Winner, Audience Choice Award at RISD and the James River Film Festival.
NARRATIVE FEATURES:
Promiscuous Stories. Co-producer/Director/Writer. Ovie Entertainment (Darkon), 2010
Feature film (in development) adapted from the short stories of author Jonathan Lethem (Fortress of Solitude, Chronic City).