Jodi Wille

Jodi Wille is an American filmmaker, book publisher, curator and film programmer known for her work exploring American subcultures.

Wille directed and produced The Source Family (2012), her first feature-length documentary, with Maria Demopoulos. The film, which explores the rise and fall of the eponymous 1970s Los Angeles utopian community, premiered in competition at South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2012 and sold out screenings there and at several other major festivals.The Source Family was released theatrically to 60 cities in May 2013 through Drag City Film Distribution and online through Gravitas Ventures.

In 2016, Wille premiered "We Are Not Alone," a documentary short about The Unarius Academy of Science.

In 1993, R.E.M. gave Wille her first paid directing gig for their "Find the River" music video. Signed to DNA (David Naylor & Associates), she directed a number of music videos in the mid-90s. Wille worked prior to that as assistant to music video and commercial director Samuel Bayer and later as assistant and development consultant to feature film director Roland Joffé.

As a photographer in the 90s, Wille worked with a number of musicians and artists including Sparks (band), Vincent Gallo, Melissa Etheridge, and the Dwarves.

In 1998, Wille co-founded Dilettante Press (with Steve Nalepa, Nick Rubenstein, and Hedi El Kholti), a now defunct publishing house with a focus on self-taught, visionary, and vernacular art and photography. Dilettante only published three titles, but "their impact was considerable."

In 2005, Wille and her then-companion Adam Parfrey of Feral House founded Process Media, with an emphasis on non-fiction, literary memoirs, and illustrated books exploring subcultures and groundbreaking artists such as Andy Kaufman, Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, John Sinclair and MC5, Ya Ho Wa 13 and Father Yod, and Moondog. Process has also created a "Self-Reliance Series" of illustrated guide books that promote sustainable and self-sufficient living.

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