Jimmy Roche

Jimmy Roche

Digital Video Specialist

Areas of Expertise: Digital Video Cameras, Final Cut Pro, Editing Techniques, Performance Art, DIY Filmmaking,

Jimmy Joe Roche is a Visual Artist and Underground Filmmaker, based in Baltimore, MD. He is a long-time collaborator of the Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon. Roche is also a member of the Baltimore based art collective WHAMCITY. Roche's works have been shown in venues and museums internationally including the Corcoran Museum of Art, Walters Museum of Art, Anthology Film Archives, New York Underground Film Festival, Orange County Museum of Art, the Great America Music Hall, San Francisco International Animation Festival and the Royal Academy of Art in London, to name only a few. His recent collaboration, Ultimate Reality, with musician Dan Deacon has gained national press attention. Roche has also worked with the academy award winning Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, most recently acting in the film Rachel Getting Married. In 2006 he shot and edited the Neil Young Heart of Gold: Behind the Scenes Featuret, and in 2003 he worked with Demme to create the journal for the lunatic Corporal Melvin in the Paramount film the Manchurian Candidate. Recently Roche's short film Baltimore Shopping Network was featured on the New Museum's website Rizhome.com and his music video for Deacon's Crystal Cat was featured on the front page of YouTube, gathering over half a million hits. In June 2008 Roche had his first solo exhibition at Rare Gallery in Manhattan, Chelsea.

Work Phone: 850 508 3488