About

Known credits:
8
Birthday:
1973-08-03
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, NY
Website:

John Painz

Overview

John Painz is a writer/director based in New York City. His first short film, 5AM, was a proof-of-concept film about cloning. In 2013, he produced, shot, and edited his first feature film, Enchantments, for director Kelsey O'Brien.

In 2014, John and his producing partner, Julie Sisson, embarked on their first feature film, Stuck, with co-producer Lynn Mancinelli. It was nominated for a number of awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Katie Howe), Best Script, and Best Feature. John won the Soho International Film Festival Carbon Award for Most Creative Filmmaker, and Stuck won the Programmer Award at HHM.

Their second feature film, Four Bottles, won the Audience Award at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival.

John is currently working on his third film, The Mourners.

Known for

Acting

2015 Stuck Actor John 59
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Directing

2017 Four Bottles Directing Director N/A
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2015 Stuck Directing Director 59
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Writing

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2015 Stuck Writing Writer 59
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Production

2015 Stuck Production Executive Producer 59
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Editing

2017 Four Bottles Editing Editor N/A
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2015 Stuck Editing Editor 59
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