John Birmingham has been a filmmaker since moving to Los Angeles to pursue his dream as a teenager, in 1997. If you count short films he made as a child, he has been a filmmaker, actor and musician since the late 1980s as a small child. He is an auteur in every sense, as he stars in, writes/directs, produces and writes/composes and performs the music for his own musical feature length films. He has worked hard to either star in or direct films with Ed Asner, Pauly Shore, Fugazi, Academy Award nominated director Peter Medak, Sylvia Browne, Brandon DiCamillo, Chris Raab "Himself", Ron Jeremy, Lloyd Kaufman, Brinke Stevens, Army Navy (the band), Banane Metalik, composer Kurt Oldman, Miss Norway Lene Pedersen, B movie director Johnny Johnson, CEO of Bolex Joe Rubenstein, Eerie Von and maybe 100 other friends or co-workers who are immensely accomplished in the entertainment industry.
John stars as Ronald McDonald in the most popular Ronald McDonald video on the internet today, which is getting about a million views currently every few days and is up to 43 million views as of January 2018. It is titled "Rowan is Terrified of Ronald McDonald"
and co-stars his sons Rowan and Ivan. Rowan and Ivan Birmingham are stars of their mother Danica's Youtube page and currently have about 300 million views online and nearly 400,000 subscribers as of early 2018 (Youtube search "Danica" or John's son "Rowan" and click on the top search results to see their page, where you can also find John's Ronald McDonald video and other videos with him on their page). John Birmingham earns some money on his own Youtube channel which he is currently working very diligently at and is gaining subscribers and views, very entertaining. His Youtube channel is http://www.Youtube.com/Johneeeee Links:
Www.CrazyAnimalMovie.com
Www.ZanzibarMovie.com
www.BirminghamFilms.com
www.Facebook.com/JohnnyBirmingham
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John Birmingham's Resume/Curriculum Vitae 2010
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.
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