Jodi Wille
Jodi Wille is a book editor, filmmaker, and cultural event producer known for collaborating with individuals who have amassed personal archives that document American subcultures. She is the co-publisher and editor of Process Media and Dilettante Press.
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[edit] Book publishing and editing
In 1998, Wille co-founded (with Steve Nalepa, Nick Rubenstein, and Hedi El Kholti) Dilettante Press, a publishing house with a focus on outsider, visionary, and vernacular art and photography.[1] Wille conceptualized and co-edited (with El Kholti) the book Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan by amateur photographer Gary Lee Boas, which is featured in Martin Parr’s History of Photography II as one of the 200 most important photography books of the last 30 years.
In 2005, Wille and Adam Parfrey of Feral House founded Process Media, with an emphasis on non-fiction books that explore American subcultures and document groundbreaking musicians such as Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, John Sinclair and MC5, Ya Ho Wa 13 and Father Yod, and Moondog. Process has also created a "Self-Reliance Series" of illustrated guide books that promote sustainable and self-sufficient living.
[edit] Selected Works
- The End is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia. By Roger Manley, edited by Jodi Wille. Essays by Stephen Jay Gould, the Dalai Lama, Adam Parfrey, and Howard Finster.[2] (Dilettante Press/Process Media, 1995, ISBN 0-9664272-7-0)
- Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan. By Gary Lee Boas. Foreword by Michael Musto. Afterword by Carlo McCormick. Edited by Jodi Wille, Photo Editor: Hedi El Kholti (Dilettante Press/Process Media, ISBN 0-9664272-5-4)
- Gary Lee Boas: New York Sex 1979-1985. Essay by Bruce Hainley, edited by Hedi El Kholti and Jodi Wille (text editor). (Editions Kamel Mennour, 2003, ISBN 2-914191-16-1)
- Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter. By Jolene Siana, edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2005, ISBN 0-9760822-1-7)
- Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews. By Timothy Archibald, edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2005, ISBN 0-9760822-3-3)
- The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family. By Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian. Introduction by Erik Davis. Edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2007, ISBN 978-09760822-9-2)
[edit] Awards
- Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! Gold Medal, Best Popular Culture Book, 2010 Independent Book Awards
- The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and the Source Family, Bronze: Best Popular Culture Book, 2008 Independent Book Awards
- Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews, Winner: Best Book on Sexuality/Relationships, 2006 Independent Publisher Awards
- Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan, Selected by Artforum as "Best of 2000"
- Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter, Finalist: Best Juvenile/Teen Young Adult Non-fiction, 2006 Independent Publisher Awards
- The End is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia, Winner: Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book, 1998
[edit] Filmmaking and Photography
Wille has also worked as a documentarian, commercial photographer, music video director, and television field producer,[3] collaborating with artists Vincent Gallo, Melissa Etheridge, The Dwarves, Sparks and R.E.M., among others.
Wille spent five years documenting a Los Angeles sect known as "The Universal World Church." She directed a Christmas special for the church called "God Bless America."
Wille is the director of "The Source Family" documentary, currently in production and based on the story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Source Family.
