JO LEVI DISANTE - Producer
Jo Levi DiSante (Producer) began her career in New York as a casting assistant before moving to Los Angeles to become a reader for various production companies including Miramax, New Line, Oliver Stone's Ixtlan, and Ridley Scott's Percy Main Productions. Jo took her first executive position with Manager/Producer Phyllis Carlyle (THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST). In 1996, she moved back to New York to be the creative executive for Foundry Film Partners (CLAY PIGEONS, WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WISDOM OF CROCODILES). Returning to Los Angeles in 1999, Jo became the Director of Development for Demi Moore's Moving Pictures (AUSTIN POWERS, "If These Walls Could Talk"). In 2001, Jo was hired to start a feature division for Cosgrove/Meurer Productions ("Unsolved Mysteries") where she produced the ensemble comedy CAFFEINE starring Mena Suvari and Breckin Meyer. Currently, Jo works in the entertainment division at ABC Television. She is also on the California advisory board for The SEED Foundation, which is working to open a publicly funded college preparatory boarding school for
underserved youth in Los Angeles.
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