John Wilson

John Wilson

Birth : 1986-10-07, New York City, New York, USA

History

John Wilson is an American documentary filmmaker. He was born in Astoria, Queens, and grew up on Long Island. In 2008, after graduating from college, Wilson worked for a private investigator. In 2015, Wilson was asked to go on tour with David Byrne to make an original film titled Temporary Color about his performance. In 2020, his six-part documentary series How To with John Wilson premiered on HBO.

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John Wilson

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In a near-future Boston, an amateur stand up comedian with memory problems struggles to maintain his sobriety as he falls for his transgender best friend. After she rejects his affection, he hears of a company that can give him another chance with her. Introducing NuYou: a business that creates human clones for the modern day consumer.
Carpet Cowboys
Executive Producer
The unsung creators behind the psychedelic carpets lining casinos, offices, and hotel hallways. Chief among these textile honchos is Roderick James, a Scottish expat with a self-styled outlaw-country manner—and countless schemes to grab himself a larger share of the American dream.
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Amazin' Board Member (voice)
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech mogul, Neil, and his trusty scientist sidekick, Elmer.
How to Live with Regret
Director
How to live a long life filled with regret.
The Road to Magnasanti
Director
In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City. Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. In his new documentary, John Wilson explores how New York City is creeping closer and closer to realizing this fictional metropolis.
Escape from Park City
Camera Operator
Vimeo hires a struggling documentarian to document a festival he can't get into.
Escape from Park City
Director
Vimeo hires a struggling documentarian to document a festival he can't get into.
Los Angeles Plays New York
Director
In this engrossing and hilarious documentary, Wilson puts it all on the line to investigate the televised performances of justice and New York (the latter by Los Angeles, of course).
The Spiritual Life of Wholesale Goods
Director
A philosophical journey into the soul of commerce.
How to Act on Reality TV
Director
The first day of class at the New York Reality TV School.
Temporary Color
Director
A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.
New Cops
John Zee
An ordinary man (played by Tim Morton) lives a dull life till his friend Chet (played by Jimmy Kustes) comes over to stay for a few days. His friend ropes him to various schemes and generally makes a bunch of faux pas. His girlfriend (played by Johanna Sims) mostly runs around without alerting him of her whereabouts. He escapes his dull day-to-day existence by watching the TV show New Cops and dreaming various scenarios involving him being the President of the United States and Chet serving as his adviser. Chet recommends they hire detective Flaherty (played by David Maloney) to investigate a book heist at the local library.
How To Remain Single
Director
A simple guide on how to end relationships before they begin.
How To Keep Smoking
Director
A beginner’s guide to a lifetime of pleasure.
How To Walk To Manhattan
Director
A walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
How To Live with Bed Bugs
Director
A hopeless tutorial on how to locate, obtain, and fall in love with bed bugs.
How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan
Director
OR A day in the life of Ahmed Khawaja. A tutorial that forgets to be a tutorial.
People Parade
Director
As the host of a long-running variety show passes away, his son is obligated to reunite a weathered cast of television performers and host the final episode. One man bands, retired cowboys and Peruvian daredevils adorn the stage as the new host protects his father's legacy from a bungling step dad. Caught somewhere in between variety and verite', People Parade is the story of a new generation paying testament to it's predecessor, as well as the narrowing chasm between reality and fiction.
People Parade
As the host of a long-running variety show passes away, his son is obligated to reunite a weathered cast of television performers and host the final episode. One man bands, retired cowboys and Peruvian daredevils adorn the stage as the new host protects his father's legacy from a bungling step dad. Caught somewhere in between variety and verite', People Parade is the story of a new generation paying testament to it's predecessor, as well as the narrowing chasm between reality and fiction.
Looner
Director
A short documentary about the veiled lives of balloon fetishists.