Film Production
Since 2016 Jo has produced seven short films and one feature length documentary. She has worked across a range of projects, collaborating with many artists and directors encompassing works of fiction, documentary and artist film.
In 2018 Jo co-produced her first feature film The Dream Palace (Dir. Alex Ayre) with Tyneside Cinema (UK). A documentary exploring a people’s history of one of the UK’s oldest newsreel theatres. Featuring contributions from acclaimed filmmakers including Ken Loach.
Image: The Dream Palace | Alex Ayre | 2018
In 2019 Jo produced four short films with BBC New Creatives including BEFORE A PACK OF WILD DOGS EAT MY FACE (Dir. Naqqash Khalid) featuring Simon Manyonda as well as Paper Skin (Dir. Isobel Clark). More recently she worked with Artist and Director Rhona Foster on a fictional short film Me & My Friends, 2020 funded by the British Film Institute.
Image: BEFORE A PACK OF WILD DOGS EAT MY FACE | Naqqash Khalid | 2019
Art Production
Jo has extensive experience managing and coordinated arts and cultural projects that have focused on collaboration with communities, artists and cultural organisations. Encompassing themes such as heritage, migration and collective identity, projects include:
BBC New Creatives North | 2019
A People’s History of Tyneside Cinema | 2017-18
Migration Project, Hartlepool Youth Services | 2016-2017
The Story of a Library, South Shields | 2014-2015
Image: The Story of a Library | Jo Hislop | 2015