Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
John Banovich is an international director and cinematographer, having directed the award winning feature film Stolen Path and Sharp as Marbles. John also directed the award winning documentaries Rocky Mountains Encounter, Magical History Tour and The Honest Truth. He has twenty-five years of expertise filming natural history / wildlife in every province and territory of Canada, as well as functioning as 2nd unit director and/or DP on several feature films and television series. He received his bachelors degree in film from Bedford U, is a full member of the CSC (Canadian Society of Cinematographers), a DP & drone DP with IATSE 669 and director with the DGC. This year he was awarded “Best Director” from the 40th Anniversary Telly Awards, Docs without Borders Film Festival, Accolade Film Awards and Royal Wolf Film Awards, as well as “Best Cinematography” from the Asian Cinematography Awards, South Cinematographic Academy and Pinnacle Film Awards. What makes him even more unique, John is a director with disabilities having survived death after a horrific head on collision with an impaired driver at extreme speed. He spent many years writing and directing anti-drinking driving commercials as well as speaking to hundreds of thousands of young people about the dangers.
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Working on Stutthof Diaries an upcoming event series seeking show runner / producer. Based on the only surviving personal journal from Stutthof concentration camp. We hold full rights to this story. I can provide the pitch package including animate pitch video
Responsible for creative and technical execution on feature films, documentaries, commercials, factual and reality television. Also functioning as a producer in the field with smaller crews over multiple locations, dealing directly with clients, resources, bookings and production expenses as well as writing treatments and developing story ideas. Several "Best Director" awards for feature, series and documentaries in 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016
Directing features, series, documentaries, reality/factual television and commercials. Many of the projects have received a variety of awards. All feature films have been international distributed, most with theatrical releases.
Working with 8K, 6K & 4K both full frame and S35. Functioning as principle DP, second unit DP and/or camera operator as well as aerial/drone DP & operator.