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Joe Cobden

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Joe Cobden is an award-winning actor/performer from Montrealifax. He was the first anglophone to receive Quebec's "Les Masques" award for 'Revelation of the Year.' He spent more than two years working on "The Eco Show" (with theatre creator, Daniel Brooks, of Necessary Angel) and "Untitled Faction Project" (with Ame Henderson of Public Recordings). Film credits include "Blindness" (dir. Fernando Mereilles), "I'm Not There" (dir. Todd Haynes), and "Le Piege Americain" (dir. Charles Biname) and he has the lead role in the feature film "Peepers," from Automatic Vaudeville. He is also known for his recurring role on the TV series, "Living in Your Car." Joe's film directing credits include music videos for Miriam Makeba ("Help") and Fats Waller ("Sigh"), which has played at over 20 film festivals worldwide and won the People's Choice award at the Cabbagetown Film Festival. More Joe Cobden here.