Joe Delia

Sound

Joe Delia

Born

1948-10-11 (78)

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Sound

Credits

5 titles

Joseph Delia (born October 11, 1948) is an American singer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the eponymous blues rock band Joe Delia & Thieves, after previously touring as a session and studio musician with Chuck Berry, Pat Benatar, and Stevie Wonder. He is also prolific composer of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with filmmaker Abel Ferrara on films like Ms. 45, King of New York, Bad Lieutenant, Body Snatchers and Zeros and Ones.

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A fringe therapist takes the world by storm with a galaxy-brained new approach to self-help called the Jackman Method. Through immersive sessions, he transforms wayward young men into semi-employable outsider artists—all from the comfort of his posh home office in New York City. When an unhinged ex-patient returns to his care and is chosen to headline the practice’s first ever cabaret night, the fallout is immense. Diva behavior, grueling rehearsals, and public scandal threaten to destroy not only the show but the Jackman Method itself.

Cabaret Boys

2026

Kim Larsen - The People's Singer poster
10.0

Danish Documentary from 2015. Kim Larsen is Denmark's unconditional greatest songwriter. From his very first albums the slum poet from Christianshavn sings strait into the hearts of the Danes with his modern folk songs. But when Kim Larsen wants to take the next steps towards the stars, his talent paradoxically gets in the way of his success. Documentary about Kim Larsen with new versions of his songs by 'Kvamie Liv' and Carl Emil Petersen.

Kim Larsen - The People's Singer

2015

Sportin' Life poster
4.2

Sportin’ Life is the sixth incarnation of the international art project Self, curated by Saint Laurent’s creative director, Anthony Vaccarello. This project is an artistic commentary on society while emphasizing the complexity of various individuals through the eyes of artists who evoke the Saint Laurent attitude of confidence, individuality and self-expression. The documentary is an exploration into the sources and personal history of creativity, the essential life of an artist. Raw and sharp, it has the feeling of a moment in time that is still happening. Abel Ferrara’s intimate and lush look at his own life, his world refracted through his art – music, filmmaking, his collaborators and inspirations such as Ferrara’s early works and his creative partnerships with Willem Dafoe, Joe Delia, Paul Hipp and the musicians who inspired this work.

Sportin' Life

2020

Alive in France poster
7.7

Abel Ferrara headlines a film retrospective and a series of concerts in France dedicated to songs and music from his films. Preparations with his family and friends will form the material of this self portrait, showing another side of the director of legendary films BAD LIEUTENANT, THE KING OF NEW YORK and THE ADDICTION. Ferrara is joined on stage by past collaborators, including composer Joe Delia, actor-singer Paul Hipp and his wife actress Cristina Chiriac for concerts at the Metronum in Toulouse and the Salo Club in Paris in October 2016.

Alive in France

2018

Talking with the Vampires poster
5.0

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

Talking with the Vampires

2018

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 3 titles