Johnny O'Hara

Johnny O'Hara is an award-winning Writer/Director/Producer born in New York City. After graduating from Pratt Institute he worked as an advertising creative for major NY agencies after which he devoted his time to writing and filmmaking.

In 2000 his first book, ELVIS & YOU was published by Penguin. In 2004, his comedy screenplay THE YIN YANG BROTHERS was a finalist in both The Austin Film Festival and The Nicholls Fellowship screenplay competition. In 2007 his short film MAC'S FIRST TIME was a finalist at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival.

In 2008, Johnny was the writer of FUEL, the Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary at that year's Sundance Film Festival. FUEL earned Johnny a nomination by the Writers Guild of America for Best Documentary Screenplay and was one of only 15 films on the Oscar short-list for Best Documentary 2009.

In 2010, Johnny was the writer and director of BHUTTO, nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance that year. BHUTTO was the winner of a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding U.S. Historical Documentary at the Sonoma International Film Festival, winner of Best Documentary at The Rhode Island International Film Festival, winner of the ABCNews VideoSource Award from The International Documentary Association and winner of the EPIC Award by The White House Project. Bhutto had a 47 city US theatrical run before a successful release in both Pakistan and the UK. It had its television premiere on PBS Independent Lens. BHUTTO was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and most recently was nominated for an Emmy.

Johnny's latest film THE BIG FIX, premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and had its official release June 2012. His production company, RealGoodStory, develops documentaries, narrative films and branded entertainment.