JOHN
FELDMAN
Filmmaker
John Feldman is a highly original and critically acclaimed filmmaker. His works cover a wide range of genres, including feature and experimental films, documentaries, and educational videos. (Go to resume/filmography) Since making his first film in 1968, Mr. Feldman has carefully cultivated his skills as a writer, cinematographer, director, and editor. A meticulous craftsman, Feldman is intimately involved in every stage of film production. His vision is to use digital technology to develop a technique of "writing with pictures and sounds."
"John Feldman possesses in abundance what most contemporary filmmakers lack -- the ability to create three dimensional characters, a deft hand with actors and an understanding of how to use the physical environment to express complex emotions." Joel Siegel, Washington, D.C. City Paper. |
"Who the Hell is Bobby Roos?" is Mr. Feldman's third feature film. His first feature film, "Alligator Eyes," was released theatrically in 1990 and won a first prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Screen International called it "a truly clever, funny and entertaining film," while The London Observer said: "Feldman's handsome, intelligent movie is eloquently scripted." Variety praised it as "unusually well written, directed and acted."
His second feature film, "Dead Funny," starring Elizabeth Pena and Andrew McCarthy, was released theatrically in the United States in the summer of 1995 to critical and audience applause:
"...funny and elaborate, full of ironic twists, red herrings and dark alleyways of the mind, "Dead Funny" neither bows to convention nor throws up implausabilities, but is instead finely crafted and highly original. Energetic and surprising at every turn, "Dead Funny" is seriously entertaining." Woodstock Times, New York |
Variety proclaimed it "top notch," and WBAI (NY) called it "a steamy potion of lethal and erotic dark comedy." New York Newsday said: "The film is unobtrusively stylish and Feldman is sure handed about keeping the camera and characters moving with purpose."
Mr. Feldman is also highly regarded as a writer and director of educational and corporate videos. From basic chemistry to American politics, from high finance to business ethics, Mr. Feldman has gained a reputation for his ability to explain complex material to a lay audience in an entertaining and visual way. He has written scripts and directed videos for Channel 4 Television in the U.K, AOL-Time Warner, Eastman Kodak, Viacom, Citibank, Vivendi Universal and many other global corporations. In addition, he has created video portraits of autistic children for the Son-Rise Program; dramatic educational stories about avoiding errors in the workplace for Marsh and McLennan; and other educational and experimental videos.
In 1997, Mr. Feldman guided his production company, Hummingbird Films LLC, into the realm of all-digital filmmaking with a mission to explore and develop the unique creative potential of the new generation of digital production technology. "Who the Hell is Bobby Roos?" is the result of that process.
Born in Baltimore in 1954, John Feldman's early short films, including "Dry Yearnings" (1979), "The Elevator Room" (1980), and "Circus of Hostages" (1982), earned him numerous international film festival awards, as well as a student Academy Award and a CINE Eagle. Mr. Feldman has taught film production in London and U.S. Universities. He has a BA in biology from the University of Chicago and an MFA from Temple University. Based in New York, John Feldman is married to Sheila Silver, a composer of contemporary concert music. They are currently collaborating on a film of Ms. Silver's opera "The Thief of Love," and a series of short contemporary music and video compositions, MusicVisions, which are made for live concert presentation and DVD release.