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His career began fresh out of Hartford College Art School with video shows at New York’s Whitney Museum, The Kitchen, Global Village, and The Optic Nerve.
From the New York art video scene, Dea moved to San Francisco to become a founding member and creative force behind VideoWest, a ground-breaking comedy/music video/alternative news production company.
During that period, Dea also honed his directing skills in the emerging music video field. Today, much of this early, pioneering work is noted in Rolling Stone Magazine’s All-Time Top 100 Videos and Rolling Stone’s Music Video Hall of Fame. His video, “Two Triple Cheese” for Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, resides in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Dea moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to work in national television. Since then, he has directed hundreds of hours in genres such as documentary, reality, comedy sketches, live music, drama, and animation. His prime-time network specials for NBC and Fox include: Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects, and The World’s Greatest Stunts. He has directed many segments for broadcast network, syndicated, and cable network reality series.
As Senior Director of the TLC hit “A Wedding Story,” Dea directed 52 cinema verite half-hour episodes, shot all over the United States. Recently Dea directed a pilot for VH1 entitled, “Rock & Roll Hotel.” He lives in Los Angeles.
Some of Joe Dea’s many directing credits:
Motor Sport Ranch (pilot) – HD Republic
Disney Lunchtime – Disney Channel – Director
Rock & Roll Hotel (pilot)- VH1 / Film Garden
The 5th Wheel – Universal – Director
Mostly True Stories – TLC / Burrud Productions (Field Producer)
Weekend Flash/Man on the Street – Playboy TV
Worse Case Scenario – TBS
A Wedding Story (senior director – 65 shows) – TLC – Film Garden
AXN TV – Columbia Tri-Star / Fox Family
Wild Things – UPN – WT Productions
What a World – Discovery – Film Garden
Fool For Love (pilot) – Oxygen / Carsey Warner
AudioFile – TechTV
Inside Out – Disney World’s 25th – Disney Channel / Brad Lackman Prod
Ancient Prophecies – NBC / Greystone
Movies for Guys Who Like Movies – TBS / Norseman Prod
Brain Attack with Stephanie Powers – A Doctor in Your House.com
Planet Hollywood TV – Planet Hollywood / Chuck Cirino Prod.
DriveOn.com (pilot) – Warner Bros.
Secrets Revealed – NBC – Dave Bell & Associates
Masters of Illusion – NBC / GRB
Jocks – Comedy Central – Popular Arts
Real Romance – Romance Classics / Film Garden
Extreme World Records – UPN / The Gurin Company
Extreme Weekend – ABC InterSport
The Worlds Greatest – Stunts FOX / GRB
Worlds Funniest Kids (wrap arounds) – FOX / Brad Lachman Productions
The Majic Bus (pilot) – Film Garden
Marshal Law – TLC
Burt Reynolds One Man Show (commercial) – Reynolds Productions
Cooking a Turkey with Ellen Degeneris – Beserkly Home Video
Missing Reward – Four Point Entertainment
Final Vision – NBC / Greystone
Tribute to Ian Fleming – Robert Halmi Jr / GRB
Dracula The Series – (pilot) Robert Halmi Jr
Movie Magic – Discovery / GRB
America’s Most Wanted – FOX
Scandals – Stephen J. Cannell / ABC
Secrets and Mysteries – ABC / Greystone Ent.
New Visions of the Future – NBC / Greystone Ent.
Comedy Break – Viacom
Playboy Behind the Scenes & Playboy 360 – Playboy TV
VIDEOWEST Productions (San Francisco) – 4 yrs Senior Director – music videos & comedy
VW shows include: ABC Rocks – Take Off – Backstage Pass – Best of Video West – MTV Music News
EMMY AWARDS:
Single Camera Directing: Two Triple Cheese
Single Camera Directing: “Reunited” Greg Kihn Band
Single Camera Directing: Happy Man
Main Title Director & Designer: Secrets & Mysteries
Joe has extensive experience shooting DV & editing on AVID and FINAL CUT PRO.