John Mossman has written, produced and directed numerous award-winning films, documentaries and videos. His feature film Into The Wake, is on the festival circuit where it has won numerous Best of Fest awards and a Best Director award. He is also the 2002 recipient of the "Best Director" Award from the Midwest Independent Film Festival for his work on the short film Jell-Ohh Lady, which screened at the Los Angeles DGA and Egyptian Theater as part of the American Cinematheque Series, and the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival where it won Audience Favorite. His short Draggage was awarded a Lagniappe Award at The New Orleans Film Festival, Best of Fest at the 40th Annual Rochester Film Festival, and was judged "best no budget film of the year" at the Palm Springs Film Fest. The short featurette Spaceman Dan’s 243rd Flight has screened at numerous international fests, where it has received Best of Fest, Audience Favorite and a Kodak Opportunity Award. He has won two Telly Awards as a director, most recently for the documentary There's No Such Thing As Crazy, also winner of a 2005 Voice Award for its thoughtful portrayal of teens struggling with mental illness.
As coordinator of the IFP-Chicago mentorship program he has overseen the production of numerous short films, two of which have won national Emmy Awards in the High School Television category. He is co-founder and associate director of The Artistic Home, a theater and training program for actors and directors in Chicago, where he has directed the acclaimed revivals of Juno and the Paycock, Look Homeward, Angel, Natural Affection and Clash By Night, among others. He has performed at numerous theaters around the country and is an acting instructor at The Artistic Home. He recently directed The Shadow Of A Gunman at Seanachai Theater, for which he was named a Best Director Of 2012 by WBEZ.
As an actor he has appeared in numerous theaters throughout the United States, as well as in film and on television. He was nominated for an Equity Jeff Award for his performance in Peer Gynt, which also won him the Chicago Stage Talk Award for Best Performance by an Actor. He most recently performed the title role in Macbeth for Lakeside Shakespeare Theater, as well as appeared in The March at Steppenwolf Theater, Seanachai Theater's In Pigeon House, and will be featured in the Artistic Home's upcoming production of Night of the Iguana.
He currently teaches directing at Columbia College, where he also supervises the Independent Projects in Narrative Film program. He has served on the boards of IFP – Chicago and The Artistic Home Theater. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received degrees in Film and Theater.
John@mossmanfilms.com
630-247-7049
As coordinator of the IFP-Chicago mentorship program he has overseen the production of numerous short films, two of which have won national Emmy Awards in the High School Television category. He is co-founder and associate director of The Artistic Home, a theater and training program for actors and directors in Chicago, where he has directed the acclaimed revivals of Juno and the Paycock, Look Homeward, Angel, Natural Affection and Clash By Night, among others. He has performed at numerous theaters around the country and is an acting instructor at The Artistic Home. He recently directed The Shadow Of A Gunman at Seanachai Theater, for which he was named a Best Director Of 2012 by WBEZ.
As an actor he has appeared in numerous theaters throughout the United States, as well as in film and on television. He was nominated for an Equity Jeff Award for his performance in Peer Gynt, which also won him the Chicago Stage Talk Award for Best Performance by an Actor. He most recently performed the title role in Macbeth for Lakeside Shakespeare Theater, as well as appeared in The March at Steppenwolf Theater, Seanachai Theater's In Pigeon House, and will be featured in the Artistic Home's upcoming production of Night of the Iguana.
He currently teaches directing at Columbia College, where he also supervises the Independent Projects in Narrative Film program. He has served on the boards of IFP – Chicago and The Artistic Home Theater. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received degrees in Film and Theater.
John@mossmanfilms.com
630-247-7049
All John's videos can be seen at vimeo.com/mossmanfilms
