Jo Marr
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Jo Marr

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Jo is a writer, director, producer, musician & author, whose love of movies began when a substitute teacher showed the film, "The Making of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid". He immediately fell in love with the magic of movies. Jo began as background in Toronto, learning by watching up close, legends like Al Pacino and Michael Keaton. When the California sunshine lured him away from the cold Canadian winters, he paid his dues coming up through the Famous Comedy Store, sharing the same stage with legends such as Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Gary Shandling, Robin Williams, Andrew Dice Clay & Jim Carrey to name a few, in what would be, many a master class by the best comedic talents of our times. That his first professional role in "Sneakers" would bring him face to face with the actual Sundance Kid, Robert Redford was a beautiful irony and along with fellow Oscar winners, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier & cast members Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix and James Earl Jones was a sign that he was on the right path. Jo continued training in Los Angeles with renowned acting coaches Howard Fine & Charlie Laughton, Ernie Lively and in New York, Joanne Gibson & Susan Scanlon along with writing & directing the short "Who's Killing the Meter Maids?" Starring Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order SVU). This film inspired Jo to establish Nichol Moon Entertainment & consulted on over 250 productions including, features such as Doug Liman's "Swingers", shorts, music videos, PSA's, etc. To claim that Jo & Company enabled the independent film movement of the 90's is an under-statement. Jo went on to win "Best Feature" at the 1999 New York Film & Video festival for the film 'Blink of an Eye". In 2006 Film Tiger was created to finance and produce independent feature films Timber Falls, Night Train and Stag Night. Inspired by his brother's relationship with his daughter, Jo wrote, produced and directed "Going Thru A Thing" about a small time criminal who coaches his daughter's basketball team in order to look good in front of the judge but the experience changes him for the better. Subsequently Jo went on to co-write and produce Battle Drone, eerily predicting the future of warfare, as well as producing duties on Frat Pack, Billionaire (Best Comedy Feature Winner, Burbank Intl Film Festival) The Pact, Escape the Field & The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose and Jean Reno, with several more film & TV projects in the pipeline. White Flags is Jo’s first book and has taken several years to complete. The journey of ”White Flags” began as a feature film screenplay and subsequently was adapted into a book for the ability to tell a deeper more meaningful story.
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    • White Flags

    • By: Jo Marr
    • Narrated by: Jo Marr
    • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-2024
    • Language: English
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