John is an award-winning filmmaker and graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in producing and directing. 

His undergraduate studies were completed at Illinois State University with degrees in Communications, Business, Philosophy, and Film.  He began his career in the entertainment industry as an intern in the marketing & publicity department of Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1998 (Ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the top 10 internships in America).  While at Lucasfilm, he helped to prepare for the release of Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace.  

John then returned to Chicago to study at Acting Studio Chicago, and work as a producer with RPD Entertainment on interactive game commercials for Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment and Konami.

In 2008, he started Principle Entertainment named after his USC graduate thesis film, The Powder Puff Principle, starring Clint Howard, Richard Gilliland, Kevin Kilner, Art Lafleur, and Linda Blair.  

The film opened the 2006 California Independent Film Festival, and in 2007, John was the $10,000 Grand Prize Winner of the Haydenfilms On-line Film Festival.  He received Acolade Awards for both Excelence in Production and  Direction on the film.

He has been written up in American Cinematographer (October 2007, Volume 87), as well as MovieMaker Magazine (Spring 2007, Issue 68).