John Birmingham has been a filmmaker for about 14 years, since moving to Los Angeles for it as a teenager. He is an auteur in every sense, as he stars in, writes/directs, produces and does the music for his own feature length films. He has had the privelidge to either star in or direct films involving Ed Asner, Pauly Shore, Fugazi, Peter Medak, Brandon DiCamillo, Chris Raab "Himself", Ron Jeremy, Lloyd Kaufman, Brinke Stevens, Army Navy (the band), Banane Metalik and countless others.

Links:
Www.CrazyAnimalMovie.com

Www.ZanzibarMovie.com

www.BirminghamFilms.com

www.Facebook.com/JohnnyBirmingham

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Create Your Badge Www.imdb.com (John's page)

Www.Wikipedia.com (John on here)

Www.Youtube.com/1JohnBirmingham

Www.Myspace.com/JohnBirmingham

www.4DayFilmSchool.com

John Birmingham's Resume/Curriculum Vitae

Contact:
Birmeee at gmail dot com

Education:

Chapman University: M.F.A. in Film Production
(graduated Fall 2005)
I received a merit-based scholarship to attend and graduated with honors.

Loyola Marymount University: B.A. in Screenwriting
(July 2000). Major GPA: 3.65 GPA: 3.15

And various music, art and film production classes
(Virginia Tech, Radford University, LACC, Roanoke College, Otis College of Art and Design, Virginia Western C.C., Kingsboro C.C., etc.)

Field Experience:

Jan. 2011- Present: Plan 9 From Outerspace (remake of the 1959 classic by Ed Wood), feature film. John Birmingham is a Producer on the film as well as has an acting role. Johnny Johnson is the Writer/Director. Darkstone Entertainment is producing with him. Film shoots March 25-April 25 2011. This is a SAG and non-union actors together feature film.

Dec. 2010- Present: The Redneck Brothers, feature film. Starring John Birmingham, Royce Hobson and Cory Greer. Written/Directed/Produced by John Birmingham. Co-producers: Cory Greer, Royce Hobson

Dec. 2006-Dec. 2010: The Vampires of Zanzibar, feature film. Writer/Director/Actor/Producer/Editor/Composer/all post production. The movie has completed post production and is just beginning to be sent to film festivals, planning a sale in Park City 2010.
*actors in the movie include Brandon Dicamillo and Chris Raab of Jackass/Viva La Bam as well as cameo from Eerie Von from Danzig/Samhain.

Jan. 2004-Feb. 2006:
Writer/Director/Actor/Producer/Editor/Composer/all post production: Crazy Animal.
35mm/24P feature length movie, released through Troma Entertainment March 31, 2009.
*actors in the movie include star of VH1's The Surreal Life Ron Jeremy, Brinke Stevens, Lloyd Kaufman and former Miss Norway Lene Pedersen.
Reference: Joe Rubinstein, Director of Photography

Aug 2002-Spring 2004:
various roles on dozens of film projects.
References available upon request.

Jan-May 2002:
Director/DP/Writer/Producer/Editor: DV short film: Rebel Fish.
*Actor/Comedian Pauly Shore is the DVD Host.
*released in video stores nationwide, in about 2 video stores per state. Available on the Had To Be Made, Summer 2003, Volume 7 DVD. Reference: Mike Kyle, former CEO of Had To Be Made Films.

Aug'02:
Principal Actor, "DRUMMER" in a PSA for the National Endowment For The Arts, "The Potential."
*Voice over by Ed Asner. *award winning PSA.
Reference: Justin Jagoda, Director (310) --- ----

Jan 2002:
Wrote/Animated/Voice Over for a short flash animation: Willis
*was broadcast online, staying on the Slamdance Film Festival's homepage for the month of August, 2003.

Sept-Dec 2001:
Camera Operator/Editor/Visual Effects: 2 commercials for The Steadispoon.
*aired regionally across East Coast.
Reference: Justin Jagoda, Producer (310) --- ----

June 2001:
Production Design for Ovenbird Films:
35mm indie feature: Lava Lounge.
Reference: Joy Czerwonky, Producer

Feb-April 2001:
Producer/Editor for Danica Pictures
Sup. 16mm short: Tir Nan Og.
*won Best Short Film at the Young Artist Awards 2002. Tir Nan Og won awards alongside Rupert Grint of Harry Potter and Frankie Muniz. In attendance was Transformers star Shia Labeouf as well as other child stars.
Reference: Danica DeCosto, Director (714) --- ----

Sept-Oct 2000:
Production Design for Full Moon Pictures
Feature: Stitches.
Reference: J.R. Bookwalter, Producer
*can be found in many Hollywood Video locations.

Aug-Sept 2000:
Production Design for Full Moon Pictures:
Feature: Horrorvision.
Reference: J.R. Bookwalter, Producer
*was found in all Hollywood Video stores. John Birmingham can be seen on the DVD extra features.

April-July 2000:
Producer/Writer/Editor:
35mm art short: Imagination.
*won Best Student Film at Tiburon International Film Fest.2002
Reference: Danica DeCosto, Director (714) --- ----

Jan.-March 1998:
Set Decorator on Nobody Knows Anything, 2003, large budget
independent movie with Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, Jeanine Garofalo, Margaret Cho and more.

Special Skills:

-Expert at Final Cut Pro Studio, been using Final Cut Pro on home system since early 2000, doing all sound design, titles, color correcting and basic CGI on my own and others' films.
-Familiar with/own many popular programs on both PCs and
MACs (Final Draft, Final Cut Pro Studio, Adobe CS bundle, Photoshop, Avid Media Composer, etc.)
-Experienced digital Director of Photography/Camera operator.
-Trained and experienced actor.
-Registered substitute teacher in California area.
-Type 100 wpm when so inclined.
-Amateur web designer (see 3 websites below)
-Graphic Artist and canvas painter, great with Photoshop, been using Photoshop since early 2000.

Teaching Experience:

1 "Intro. To Filmmaking" class at The Brambleton Center in Roanoke, VA.
Reference: Myra Sellers, General Manager (540) 772 ----.
2 Assisted my wife Danica DeCosto in teaching at some of the finest child acting schools in the Los Angeles area. Reference: Danica DeCosto (714) --- ----.
3 Have talked to large groups and audiences and talked on panels at various film festivals and film screenings.
4 Have taught interns hands on when working as a Production Designer and when Producing my own films.
5 Currently teaching Final Cut Pro video editing lessons.

6 Currently teaching at The 4 Day Film School.