Joe Fab
{{short description|American film director}}
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Image:Fabjoe.jpgJoseph Edward Fabiszewski Jr. (October 4, 1951 - March 10, 2024), better known as "Joe Fab", was an American producer, writer and director.
Career
Fabiszewski has produced, written and directed films and has worked in video production, media and communications, event production and the live presentation of plays and music. He received the 2006 Christopher Award from The Christophers organization.[http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=255 The Christophers, Inc]. Christophers.org. Also in 2006, William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S., presented Fabiszewski with the Discovery and Imagination Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1452675/bio|title = Joe Fab|website = IMDb}}
In 2007, Fabiszewski's film Paper Clips, the feature documentary about the Paper Clips Project, was screened at the American Independent Film Festival in Kuwait.[http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1717671&language=en US film festival in Kuwait highlights children's tolerance-promotion power – Arts & Culture – 12/03/2007]. KUNA.
The U.S. Consulate in Chennai, India, again gave Fabiszewski the privilege of representing the United States as a special cultural envoy in 2008. He was a guest at both the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Chennai International Film Festival, where Paper Clips was screened.[http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/chpr081212.html 2008 Chennai Press Releases | Consulate General of the United States Chennai, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218203544/http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/chpr081212.html |date=February 18, 2013 }}. Chennai.usconsulate.gov. He conducted workshops with children rescued from the streets of India.[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/chennais-tryst-with-paper-clips/article1398533.ece Chennai's tryst with ‘Paper Clips’]. The Hindu (December 20, 2008).
Fabiszewski produced, co-directed and wrote the feature documentary Bedford: The Town They Left Behind, released in 2009.[http://www.bedfordthemovie.com/credits.html Film Credits]. Bedford the Movie. The film won the GI Film Festival Award,[http://www.vanguardcinema.com/bedford/bedford.htm BEDFORD: The Town They Left Behind] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624003409/http://www.vanguardcinema.com/bedford/bedford.htm |date=June 24, 2012 }}. Vanguardcinema.com. it was also the recipient of the MovieGuide Faith and Freedom Award.[https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/qthe-blind-sideq-qupq-win-big-at-awards-gala.html "'THE BLIND SIDE', 'UP' WIN BIG AT AWARDS GALA"]. Movieguide (January 18, 2013). He is also the co-director and co-producer of the documentary "Not The Last Butterfly".{{Cite web|url=https://thebutterflyprojectnow.org/who-we-are/tbp-team/about-joe-fab/|title=About Joe Fab|date=March 13, 2017}} In 2021, his film “When My Time Comes,” featuring NPR's Diane Rehm, began airing on PBS.
Personal
Fabiszewski's wife Kay Fab is a voice-over artist.{{cite web |url=http://producershandydandy.com/search.php?first_name=Kay&last_name=Fab&srch_type=name&srch_active=1&x=23&y=14 |title=Archived copy |website=producershandydandy.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715115959/http://producershandydandy.com/search.php?first_name=Kay&last_name=Fab&srch_type=name&srch_active=1&x=23&y=14 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}
External links
- Official website [http://joe-fab.com]
- {{IMDb name|1452675}}
- Obituary [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/joseph-fabiszewski-obituary?id=54815825]
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Category:Film producers from Virginia
Category:American documentary filmmakers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:People from Vienna, Virginia
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