Biography of Joseph Di Mattia

Joseph Di Mattia is a writer, independent video maker and television producer. His work as a producer includes, "What a World", a cultural anthropology show for the Learning Channel. "Antitem," an independent feature length documentary about the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. The Beijing section of "Three Women: From Cairo to Beijing, " a United Nations sponsored independent documentary about the lives of three women from the U.S., Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. "14th STREET-between 2nd and 3rd" an independent video documentary about 14th Street in New York City, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and broadcast on PBS.

In 1995, Mr. Di Mattia wrote, produced and edited "Checkpoint '95", an interactive satellite broadcast between Moscow and New York by way of Linz, Austria, for the Ars Electronica Festival. The ninety minute live program commemorated the end of World War II; examined the role of the media in the Cold War and explored the impact of emerging electronic technologies on the former Soviet Union and the West. "Checkpoint '95" was broadcast throughout Europe and Russia. A one hour version aired on PBS/WNET13 as part of the Independents series.

In addition to his television work, Mr. Di Mattia has created a number of multimedia theatrical productions. His work has been seen in Los Angeles and New York. His book Crazy Fools: An Anthology of American Surrealist Writing, will be published in the fall of 1998.

Mr. Di Mattia is currently director of development for Sound & Picture Productions in New York City. For his own company, JDM Media, he is working on two projects; one is an interactive video environment based on Franz Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks and the other is "Circumstantial Evidence," a feature length film that looks at historical representation in painting, writing and cinema.