The song you hear playing is John Birmingham singing original lyrics to the original song "Evil Aliens," performing live with his 2008 band Essential Illness.
John Birmingham has been a full time filmmaker for over 12 years. He moved to L.A. at just 19 years old in 1997 and has been at it day and night since. He has had the privelidge to either star in or direct films involving legends Ed Asner (Public Service announcement "The Potential"), Pauly Shore (was DVD Host on John's short film Rebel Fish), Fugazi (allowed John to use their music in his short film Rebel Fish), Brandon Dicamillo (stars in John's new film The Vampires of Zanzibar), Peter Medak (John's professor at Chapman University), Chris Raab (cameos in John's film The Vampires of Zanzibar), Ron Jeremy (cameos in John's film Crazy Animal), and more (see partial resume below)...
www.4DayFilmSchool.com (new film school John is teaching in Los Angeles this Jan.-April 2010).
www.ZanzibarMovie.com (John Birmingham's second feature film he produced and wrote/directed starring John and Brandon Dicamillo and from Viva La Bam and Jackass/CKY, as well as cameos by Chris Raab "Himself" of Viva La Bam and CKY, and Eerie Von from Samhain/Danzig)
www.CrazyAnimalMovie.com (JohnBirmingham's first feature film out now through Troma Entertainment! With roles by Ron Jeremy of VH1's The Surreal Life, and more talented L.A. actors. This film was shot in Panavision 35mm and 24p DV in Los Angeles in 2004/2005)
John on www.IMDB.com, Internet Movie Data Base, John's page
John on Myspace.com, www.Myspace.com/JohnBirmingham
John on Facebook.com, www.facebook.com/JohnnyBirmingham
John on Twitter.com, www.twitter.com/johnbirmingham1
John on Youtube.com, John's page on Youtube.com
John on Wikipedia.com, Www.Wikipedia.com (John on here)
John Birmingham Curriculum Vitae
Cell (310) --- ----
www.JohnBirmingham.com
Birmeee@gmail.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
(LACC, Roanoke College, Otis College of Art and Design, Virginia Tech, etc.)
Field Experience:
Dec. 2006-Present: 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 for 9 years, 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.
-Web designer (see 4 websites below)
-Graphic Artist and canvas painter, great with Photoshop.
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.
Links:
Www.JohnBirmingham.com
Www.CrazyAnimalMovie.com
Www.ZanzibarMovie.com
Www.Wikipedia.com (John on here)
birmeee@gmail.com
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