John has been hooked on film since he watched Star Wars and Indiana Jones as a young boy, after which he was convinced that Harrison Ford was his real father. To this day John still books his train tickets under various favourite character names, such as Hans Solo and of course Indie himself. Growing up John was constantly drawing, until he eventually decided he was the arty type and went to art college, where he was seen as decidedly un-arty due to the fact that he ran cross country and was on the rowing team. He got his Degree in Fine Art (LSAD) which led John to his first experiments in the medium of film. From there he went on to get his Masters in Film Production and Direction from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media (NUIG). It was here that his talent for innovation and direction truly shone when he directed his short films which were selected at various national film festivals. Then it was time for the hard graft. John learned his craft from the ground up in the AD department where he worked on various big budget international features, award winning TV series and commercials. Seduction for Una Burke is one of John's first adverts to conceive and direct, the first of many.
