Joseph Mealey: Exploring Bush's Brain, Karl Rove

Joseph Mealey is the producer of the award winning documentary, Bush's Brain. Jerry talks to Joe about the subject of the documentary Karl Rove and the producers experiences when producing the film. Some interesting points about Rove are discussed including the fact that his "hard ball politics" makes Chris Mathews look like a high school softball pitcher.

Jerry Interviews Joe




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Joseph Mealey was co-director and producer, with Michael Paradies Shoob, of BUSH’S BRAIN. This film pulled back the curtain and introduced the country to Karl Rove, the “man behind the throne” of the Bush administration.

 The San Francisco Chronicle called it “enlightening and frightening”. Tina Brown wrote in the Washington Post: “The blueprint for what’s happening now is right up on the screen”.

Made independently for less than 100,000 dollars cash, BUSH’S BRAIN became one of the most influential political documentaries of 2004 and showed voters how one man, ruthlessly brilliant, has managed to commandeer the American political process.

Joe was also the Director of Photography. His other credits include more than 20 documentaries for PBS, including BEYOND THE MOON WITH WALTER CRONKITE, FRONTLINE, HBO FIRST LOOK, A & E’s BIOGRAPHY and KCET’s LIFE & TIMES, for which he won an Emmy.