John Wright is a filmmaker, cinematographer and media content producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, living and working in Arizona and California.
Over the past 15 years, the heart of John's documentary work is on great interviews, especially focusing on inner life, belief and ideas. His first feature-length documentary featured the famous evangelical preacher Tony Campolo (spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton) and his son Bart Campolo, who stopped believing in God at the age of 50 and stepped away from Christian ministry (Leaving My Father's Faith, 2017). The role of belief was also a highlight of the film series commissioned by the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and on their indigenous traditions and cultures (The Marking of a Milestone, 2015, Beyond All Boundaries, 2016, In Our Voice, 2018).
The subjects have gotten more diverse: the lifestyle of a new generation of desert racers and recreational off-roaders (Trail Code, 2020 and related projects), a legal challenge to the private prison industry (Imprisoned for Profit, 2020), the authority of the President of the United States to unilaterally authorize the use of nuclear weapons (in development) and a series of 12 short docs relating to farming and food for Local First Arizona (Good Food Film Series, 2021), which also became a one-hour PBS special.
John also spends a lot of his time helping brands, nonprofits and other entities tell their stories in short documentary style films, educational video series and more.
Overall reel HERE. Interview cinematography reel HERE. John is a proud member of the International Documentary Association.