Joe Dea, Reality TV and Music Video Director, Dies at 71

Joe Dea, Reality TV and Music Video Director, Dies at 71

Joseph “Joe” Dea, a music video director, reality TV director and four-time Emmy winner, died Sunday of glioblastoma in Alameda, Calif. He was 71. Always an early adopter of cutting-edge visual technology, Dea’s fascination with the blend of painting and cinematic technique began at the University of Hartford’s Hartford Art School. His first forays into video art in the late 1970s were exhibited at New York’s Whitney Museum, The Kitchen and Gl…