John Schwert

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  • John Schwert is a commercial and film producer and director born on November 20, 1975 in Western New York. He currently splits his residency between Charlotte, NC, Los Angeles, CA and New York.
  • Schwert went to Fredonia High School and earned a Bachelor's degree from St. John Fisher College in 1997.
  • From 1998 until 2004, John Schwert worked in corporate marketing and advertising for two of the nation's top 5 institutions. Schwert received his Master's degree from Queens University of Charlotte in 2004.
  • John Schwert started up his production company Fourth Ward Productions in 2003, shifting his focus from corporate marketing and advertising onto the production side of commercials, marketing communications, and motion pictures.
  • In 2004, John Schwert adapted, directed and produced his first feature-length motion picture Among Brothers, based on the actual events surround the death of Jennifer Morgan, who was murdered in 1994 at Francis Marion College in South Carolina. The entire film was financed by a second mortgage on Schwert's home in NC.
  • Among Brothers premiered at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and went on to play 17 film festivals picking up a grassroots fan-base along the way. Among Brothers was released domestically by Vanguard Cinema and internationally by Oasis International and in May 2007, Among Brothers and John Schwert were the basis for a two-hour Dateline NBC special titled Scenes From A [...] based on Jennifer Morgan’s still unsolved [...].
  • While playing the film festival circuit with Among Brothers, Schwert began writing his follow-up feature, subsequently directing and producing In/Significant Others in 2008.
  • In/Significant Others is a multi-narrative drama that navigates through the different lives of one city’s residents, each of whom is connected to the same local [...] investigation. The ensemble cast of characters include an Iraq War vet returned home to an emotionally disturbed wife, a new father living in the shadow of a successful brother, a sister caught up in a web of addiction, and a cameraman who attempts to exploit the reality behind all of their stories, or at least his version of them. The search for truth within In/Significant Others becomes a life and death struggle as the subtle manipulation of all relationships is exposed.
  • In/Significant Others won the top awards at the Boston, Charlotte and Mammoth Film Festivals in 2009, with additional screenings at over 10 international film festivals in 2009 and 2010.
  • John Schwert continues to develop new commercial and film projects and has done work for a variety of corporate and independent companies as a writer, producer, director, editor, marketing strategist and media consultant, production manager and coordinator, casting director and location scout.

AWARDS:

  • Boston Film Festival, 2009: In/Significant Others (2009) Won Festival Prize for Best Screenplay
  • Charlotte Film Festival, 2009: In/Significant Others (2009) Won Festival Prize for Best Film
  • Mammoth Film Festival, 2009: In/Significant Others (2009) Won Festival Prize for Best Drama
  • WorldFest Houston, 2005: Among Brothers (2005) Won Silver Award for Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Dramatic

IN DEVELOPMENT:

  • Two Souls Indivisible (details only on IMDbPro)

PRODUCER:

  • Southbound Crossing (2010) (pre-production) (producer)
  • In/Significant Others (2009) (completed) (producer)
  • Birthmark (2008) (producer)
  • PinkSlip (2007) (producer)
  • Monopolian (2007) (producer)
  • The Rest of Your Life (2005) (associate producer)
  • Among Brothers (2005) (producer)
  • The After Hours (2004) (producer)

DIRECTOR:

  • Southbound Crossing (2010) (pre-production)
  • In/Significant Others (2009) (completed)
  • PinkSlip (2007)
  • Among Brothers (2005)
  • The After Hours (2004)

WRITER:

  • In/Significant Others (2009) (completed) (story and screenplay)
  • PinkSlip (2007) (writer)
  • Among Brothers (2005) (adaptation)
  • The After Hours (2004) (writer)

EDITOR:

  • In/Significant Others (2009) (completed)
  • PinkSlip (2007)
  • Among Brothers (2005)
  • The After Hours (2004)

References

Relative of John Schwert, Pius L. Schwert