Joe Angio, Writer/Director
Joe
Angio is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and magazine editor. He
is the co-producer, -director, and -editor (with Joel Cohen) of the
documentaries
More than a Game (1991), a 50-minute film on playground basketball in Chicago, and
A Feast of Fools
(1987), a 25-minute film on the clash of cultures at New Orleans's
Mardi Gras. More than a Game has been broadcast in more than 25
countries and A Feast of Fools was awarded Best Documentary at the
Festival of Illinois Film & Videomakers.
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It),
his first feature-length film, was awarded both the Lancia (jury) Award
and Audience Award at the 2006 Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy.
Angio is the former editor-in-chief of
Time Out New York magazine, where he started in 1998 as executive editor. While at
Time Out,
Angio was nominated for three National Magazine Awards by the American
Society of Magazine Editors and, in 2006, was awarded a gold medal for
cover design by the Society of Publication Designers. Prior
to Time Out, Angio was the articles editor at
NBA Inside Stuff (1996–98) and the managing editor of Vibe (1995–96). Angio started his magazine career in 1993 as an associate editor at
Men's Journal.
From
1983 through 1991, Angio was a newswriter, assistant director, and
associate producer for SportsChannel, Chicago. From 1989–91, he was also
a producer and "video correspondent" for
The 90's, a PBS magazine-style program that featured the work of independent filmmakers from around the world.
Angio was born in Chicago and graduated from Milwaukee's Marquette University.
Contact:
jangio@mvpmovie.com
