Hacking Hollywood: How to Make a Hit Movie | with Filmmaker John Swab & Marc Beckman
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06/11/24 • 68 min
John Swab is a former drug addict turned Filmmaker. John is a writer, director, and producer who explores America's dark underbelly. Subjects such as addiction, abuse, crime, and redemption are drawn from Swab's real-life experiences. His gorgeous cinematography unpacks mind-bending realities that bring his audiences to life, face to face with Mexican drug cartels, religious fanatics, the DEA, psycho killers, Navy SEALs, and prostitute rings. John's upcoming film, King Ivory, examines our nation's struggle with fentanyl, which kills more than 100, 000 people annually.
John is known for films Little Dixie, Candy Land, Ida Red, Body Brokers, Run with the Hunted, Let Me Make You a Martyr, and Judas's Chariot. His upcoming projects include King Ivory, Sleep No More, Land of Grace, Ministry of Greed.
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John Swab is a former drug addict turned Filmmaker. John is a writer, director, and producer who explores America's dark underbelly. Subjects such as addiction, abuse, crime, and redemption are drawn from Swab's real-life experiences. His gorgeous cinematography unpacks mind-bending realities that bring his audiences to life, face to face with Mexican drug cartels, religious fanatics, the DEA, psycho killers, Navy SEALs, and prostitute rings. John's upcoming film, King Ivory, examines our nation's struggle with fentanyl, which kills more than 100, 000 people annually.
John is known for films Little Dixie, Candy Land, Ida Red, Body Brokers, Run with the Hunted, Let Me Make You a Martyr, and Judas's Chariot. His upcoming projects include King Ivory, Sleep No More, Land of Grace, Ministry of Greed.
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Anthony Melchiorri might just be America's Favorite Hotel Expert.
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