John Foss
Producer, Director & Writer
- Role
- Head of Development at Kaleidoscope Pictures Inc
- Location
- Provo, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Foss
John Foss is a filmmaker based in the Wasatch Mountains near the Sundance Resort. He is…
Experience
Head of Development
Aug 2013 — Present
Producer |\"Truth & Treason\"(2025)• Co-Producer and Line Producer | Film \"Omaha\"*Sundance (2025)• Co-EP | Film \"Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Kinda Feel Left Out\"(2023)*Sundance• Writer+Director+Producer | Film \"Strong Enough\"(2022)*Prime• Writer+Director+Producer | Short Film \"The Christ Child\"(2019)*Winner four Gold ADDYs • Co-Producer | Film \"Instrument of War\"(2017)*Heartland Film Festival• Co-Producer | Film \"Winter Thaw\"(2016)*Named a \"holiday season best\" by the NYT• Producer | Limited TV Music Series \"Christmas Under the Stars\" featuring artists John Legend, Five for Fighting, Train, The Band Perry *Emmy® Award-Winning• Director for branded content and commercial projects for brands such as P&G, Adobe, Adidas, Ancestry, Jeep, FranklinCovey and Ballet West• Budgets and schedules television and feature projects in development and preproduction• Reviews and assesses concepts, pitches, outlines, scripts, etc.• Communicates and partners with established talent agencies, managers and studio executives• Develops script ideas with writers, helping to oversee the creative into production and post • Provides creative guidance and feedback on movies and series projects• Identifies industry trends and strategies in the entertainment marketplace• Spearheads negotiations in equity financing for feature films• Creative Director and writer for documentary and narrative branded content• Assembles customized project summaries and PPMs for investor and producer overviews• Skilled in pitch packets and lookbooks
Education
University of Utah
Bachelor of Science (BS), Speech Communication and Rhetoric
2002 — 2004
Columbia University
MFA, Film
2009 — 2011
University of Utah
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film
2002 — 2004
Skills
- Producing
- Microsoft Office
- Html
- Storytelling
- Commercials
- Acting
- Blogging
- Final Cut Pro
- Video Production
- Television
- New Media
- Video
- Theatre
- Final Cut Studio
- Post Production
- Video Editing
- Movie Magic Scheduling
- Video Post-Production
- Iwork
- Digital Media
- Adobe Photoshop
- Documentaries
- Camera
- Film
- Film Production
- Creative Writing
- Screenwriting
- Directing
- Movie Magic
- Music Videos
- Final Draft
- Movie Magic Budgeting
- Avid Media Composer
- Cinematography
- Short Films
- Feature Films
- Editing
- Photoshop
- Os X
- Entertainment
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