Joe Melillo

Joseph V. Melillo is Executive Producer Emeritus at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). He was previously BAM’s Executive Producer (1999-2018), responsible for artistic direction, overseeing programming in all its performance spaces: the Howard Gilman Opera House, Harvey Theater, BAM Fisher and Rose Cinemas. He also served as BAM's Producing Director and Founding Director of the Next Wave Festival, which debuted in 1983. Melillo fostered the work of emerging and established artists, and forged numerous international partnerships. Awards include: the Chevalier and Officier de L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), OBE (Great Britain), Knight of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden), and Knight of the National Order of Québec (Canada).