Rachel amodeo biography
- Biographical details for Rachel Amodeo, who is a filmmaker and artist who has lived and worked in Manhattan's East Village for over 40 years.
- Rachel Amodeo was born in Italy, spent most of her childhood in California, and moved to New York in 1982 to pursue a career as a drummer.
- Rachel Amodeo is a filmmaker and artist who has lived and worked in Manhattan's East Village for over 40 years.
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Rachel
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Rachel Amodeo was born in Italy, spent most of her childhood in California, and moved to New York in 1982 to pursue a career as a drummer. It was there that she made her first and best-known film, What ...
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What About Me
Rachel Amodeo16mm, black and white, sound, 87 min
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Rachel Amodeo was born in Italy, spent most of her childhood in California, and moved to New York in 1982 to pursue a career as a drummer. It was there that she made her first and best-known film, What About Me. She made two other shorts in the late nineties, Rest In Peace and Pierre Paolo.
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Some people die with their dreams still in them. Rachel Amodeo worked her whole life, no matter what the cost-to follow hers. Today, the world is noticing, as the genius of a visionary female director finally gets the recognition she so rightfully deserves.
Born in Terravecchia, Italy, Rachel Amodeo was just three years old when her mother left her to create a life for the family in the U.S. Soon after, her father also left for the States, leaving the children behind. A year later, at just four years of age, Rachel herself finally boarded the plane with her siblings for the nearly twelve-hour journey. After being away a whole year, Rachel had forgotten what her own mother looked like, and cried terribly when her mother once again took her in her arms. With the Amodeo family reunited at last, Rachel was now ready to start a new life in America.
After graduating from high school in Des Moines, Iowa, Rachel moved to Santa Barbara, California, where she attended Santa Barbara City College. Always possessing a beautiful way of looking at the world, she majored in Photography.
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RACHEL AMODEO BIOGRAPHY
FILMMAKER & ARTISTRACHEL AMODEO
Rachel Amodeo was Born in Terravecchia, Italy. At four years old, she traveled to the United States, where she and her siblings were greeted by their parents who had worked and saved for their long journey. After graduating from high school, Rachel moved to Santa Barbara, California where she attended Santa Barbara City College and majored in Photography. During this period she became a rock drummer and performed in various clubs.
In 1982 Rachel moved to New York City to pursue her career as a rock drummer. She started her own band Vacuum Bag and later joined Das Furlines, with whom she appeared on Entertainment Tonight, MTV's Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes and was featured in People magazine.
Starting in 1988, with her partner, animator and cinematographer M. Henry Jones, she co-produced eleven animated television commercials.
From 1989 to 1992, Rachel wrote, produced, and starred in "What About Me". She plays the lead role as "Lisa," who ends up homeless and drifting in New York City. The film traveled t
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