John D.

TV Show Creator/Executive Producer/Producer/Director/Actor Apex, North Carolina John is an, award winning actor, producer, director, and TV show creator, with 19 years of experience. In addition to appearing in front of the camera including lead roles in a number of feature films and television projects. This would include commercial and corporate on camera work and from time to time sneaking off and doing musical theatre. John works behind the camera as a development producer and producer. A life threatening illness over a couple of years, kept John from work, then with a complete healing, he returned to his passion, and founded The Peak City International Film Festival, Simultaneously developing The Rusty Bucket Kids Broadcast TV Show all located in the Apex area of North Carolina. John holds membership in the Screen Actors Guild, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artist’s, the National Association of Programming and Television Executives. As a Fi-Core member of the guilds, John can do non-union work as well. John has the following life memberships in Media Communications Association International, Digital Cinema Society, and Creative Actors ActioNetwork. John speaks to how emerging distribution (transmedia launches) and new-media technologies can join with creative localized grass roots marketing to create high brand awareness of the production. Coupling integrated sponsor placement (commonly referred to as integrated product placement) and traditional sponsorship opportunities, you can deliver financial results for independent producers and companies who choose this fresh and innovative type approach. John serves as faculty advisor to Living Arts College: The School of Communication Arts and to Piedmont Community Colleges: Film Video and Production Technology Program. He served as adjunct faculty at a number of higher learning institutions such as UNC-Greensboro and Savannah College of Art and Design. He has also participated in a number of graduate productions at the University of North Carolina: School of the Arts. John regularly attends the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, the National Association of Production and Television Executives, as well as American Film Market and many others. John has listings on the International Movie Data Base, for acting, producing and other specialties. John’s “think outside the box, work outside the box, and know when to get back in the box!” philosophy has served him well. ###