John Lerchen

History

Having discovered his passion for filmmaking at a young age, John sought out every possible opportunity to learn and develop his skills as a producer. A Midwestern native, John obtained his BA in filmmaking from Columbia College Chicago and his MFA in producing from DePaul University. He's served as producer on numerous feature length films and is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America. As his body of work continues to expand he seeks to work with filmmakers that have unique and creative perspectives.

Movies

Peter Five Eight
Peter Five Eight
Producer
Sam, a seemingly poised and glamorous real estate agent in a small mountain community, is revealed to be an unhinged and troubled alcoholic with a dark secret, when a charismatic man named Peter shows up in town one day. As she tries to keep her life from unravelling, an older co-worker named Brenda is targeted by Peter for information at the behest of his powerful and shadowy boss, Mr. Lock.
A Father's Legacy
A Father's Legacy
Producer
On the run and bleeding a young man ends up at a pond house where he meets an old man (Tobin Bell) and holds him hostage in his own home. As the days pass and the secrets about their past are revealed, they learn that they might not have been looking for each other...but they may have been brought together for a reason.
The Lurker
The Lurker
Producer
A group of theatre students, celebrating their final show, begin to slowly disappear one at a time.
The Lurker
The Lurker
Writer
A group of theatre students, celebrating their final show, begin to slowly disappear one at a time.
The Pale Man
The Pale Man
Writer
A teachers assistant, trapped in a small town with a strange illness, takes on a local missing persons case aided by a Pale Man down the hall.
The Pale Man
The Pale Man
Director
A teachers assistant, trapped in a small town with a strange illness, takes on a local missing persons case aided by a Pale Man down the hall.
Less than 30
Less than 30
Director
Alexa Cavender, pressured to find a relationship, takes an interesting approach by only dating those matched at less than 30%.
Dearest Jane
Dearest Jane
Producer
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
Dearest Jane
Dearest Jane
Writer
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
Dearest Jane
Dearest Jane
Director
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
A Social Contract
A Social Contract
Producer
A political dinner turns deadly when a group of power starved politicians fight for a seat of survival on a helicopter at the onset of a nuclear war.
Let It Kill You
Let It Kill You
Producer
LET IT KILL YOU is an elevated horror genre film, about a lonely small-town outcast whose relentless desire to prove that a monstrous creature is responsible for a string of brutal deaths, leads him into a complicated love affair with a mysterious drifter, and brings him up against the town's deep-seeded hate and prejudices, making him question who the real monster may be.