John Callas

John Callas - veteran writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, national and international commercials, live action title sequences, a documentary shot in Russia, as well as having been the VP for The Walt Disney Company while working in post production. John wrote and directed the feature film "No Solicitors" starring Eric Roberts and has adapted NY Times bestselling author, William H. LaBarge's book, ...See more

John Callas - veteran writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, national and international commercials, live action title sequences, a documentary shot in Russia, as well as having been the VP for The Walt Disney Company while working in post production. John wrote and directed the feature film "No Solicitors" starring Eric Roberts and has adapted NY Times bestselling author, William H. LaBarge's book, "Lightning Strikes Twice." As a published author his work includes: SECRETS, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, CHRISTMAS VOICES, NO SOLICITORS, AND FIRST TIME PARENTS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO UNNECESSARY AND WILD SPENDING. His work also includes live action teasers for Ransom, Dennis The Menace, Body Of Evidence, The Golden Child, Spaceballs, The Glass Menagerie, Cocoon II, Poltergeist III, Betrayed, My Girl, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, title Sequences For The Two Jakes and A Few Good Men and a promotional film for Showscan. John also directed an award-winning short film THE WHITE GORILLA. John had the opportunity to work with notable actors including Mel Gibson, Walter Matthau, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, Eddie Murphy and Mel Brooks. In addition to feature film teasers, his work can be seen in projects for HBO, The Disney Channel, Show Time, the Broadway Play Phantom Of The Opera and the 1993 redesigned TRISTAR LOGO. John's extensive background also includes over 200 commercials. Television experience includes directing a 14-week series entitled Potentials, with guests Buckminster Fuller, Norman Cousins, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary and others, and 80 segments for Bobby's World, which has been rated the #1 show on Fox 11 Television in its time slot; garnering John an Emmy nomination. John's work also includes music videos for Glenn Frey Of The Eagles, Bill Wyman Of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Doobie Brothers, Styx and more. Awards: An EMMY nomination for Bobby's World, THE NEW YORK CRITICS CHOICE AWARD for Lone Wolf, BEST FEATURE at Fright Night Festival & BEST DIRECTOR at Scar A Con festival for No Solicitors - Several awards for THE WHITE GORILLA, A CLIO and BELDING for the Sunkist campaign, BEST OF THE WEST for directorial work on a one-woman show, and an MTV AWARD FOR BEST CONCEPT for Glen Frey's Smuggler's Blues. John holds a Master Degree from Occidental College, and is a member of The Directors Guild Of America. See less