John Bollenbacher

An inveterate learner and curiosity addict, I strive to discover the unique truth in every story, and then turn around and project that to the audience. Clients can count on me to be the lens they look through to see the vision they have for their message. He studied the science of film theory to understand the visual language we all share in film, TV, and online video. For the past 20 years he has created programs for non-profits to affect positive social change, and PBS. Multiple Emmy nominations, Telly Awards, NAGC Golden Screen awards, BMJ Innovation awards, and festival screenings.

· Film and Co-Directed his first video at the age of 12, all previous productions were audio dramas recorded on his Panasonic RQ-2107A audio cassette recorder.

· Produced and hosted a live TV talk show in partnership with Community Media on the Hudson and Sleepy Hollow High School at the age of 16. May the footage of him learning ballet never resurface.

· Started and organized the first student film festival in Atlanta in 1994, while attending Emory University in a blatant attempt to make people watch his movies. The festival lives on to this day.

· Interviewed Shawn White when he was an 11 year grommet, at the USOPEN Snowboarding Championships in VT in 1999, as part of an award winning snowboarding documentary series. Sadly, due to the cold conditions and crap DV technology affecting the tape, this footage was lost forever.

· Taught documentary filmmaking to inner city Boston youth at the Institute for Contemporary Art, and to continuing Ed learners at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies.

· Spent 7 years traveling North Carolina corner to corner putting himself in peril in front of a camera, all in the hopes of getting good ratings. It worked.

· Married father of two boys, that work well as his "prop family" when needed.