With over fourteen years experience as a filmmaker, John Carrithers has produced, filmed and edited a wide range of short and feature length documentaries, commercials and television programs for diverse audiences. Some of these projects include: Beyond Traditional Borders, a short piece that followed Rice University students as they travel to pediatric AIDS clinics in Swaziland and Lesotho to test new technologies developed to address global health issues; and Harvesting the Wind, a film that explored the impacts and benefits of the growing wind industry on Iowa farmers and their communities. Recently, Carrithers has completed a film that documented the creation of a large-scale gunpowder painting by world renowned Chinese artst, Cai Guo-Qiang for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In addition to directing the piece, he also served as director of photography and editor. John is also the currently the director of photography and editor on three ongoing documentary projects: Mothers at War (directed by Laura Browder), a multi-media oral history that explores the unique challenges of soldiers who are also mothers; Relocation Arkansas (directed by Lie Schiffer), a feature length documentary about a Japanese internment camp in Rohwer, Arkansas and the lasting impacts of the internment camp experience on Japanese Americans through several generations; and an untitled documentary (directed by Francois and Susan de Menil) about the Byzantine Frescos that were rescued in the early 80′s by Dominique de Menil and later installed in a modern chapel designed by Francois de Menil on the Menil Collection’s campus. John Carrithers is currently based in Houston, Texas.
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BIO
With over fourteen years experience as a filmmaker, John Carrithers has produced, filmed and edited a wide range of short and feature length documentaries, commercials and television programs for diverse audiences. Some of these projects include: Beyond Traditional Borders, a short piece that followed Rice University students as they travel to pediatric AIDS clinics in Swaziland and Lesotho to test new technologies developed to address global health issues; and Harvesting the Wind, a film that explored the impacts and benefits of the growing wind industry on Iowa farmers and their communities. Recently, Carrithers has completed a film that documented the creation of a large-scale gunpowder painting by world renowned Chinese artst, Cai Guo-Qiang for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In addition to directing the piece, he also served as director of photography and editor. John is also the currently the director of photography and editor on three ongoing documentary projects: Mothers at War (directed by Laura Browder), a multi-media oral history that explores the unique challenges of soldiers who are also mothers; Relocation Arkansas (directed by Lie Schiffer), a feature length documentary about a Japanese internment camp in Rohwer, Arkansas and the lasting impacts of the internment camp experience on Japanese Americans through several generations; and an untitled documentary (directed by Francois and Susan de Menil) about the Byzantine Frescos that were rescued in the early 80′s by Dominique de Menil and later installed in a modern chapel designed by Francois de Menil on the Menil Collection’s campus. John Carrithers is currently based in Houston, Texas.
CONTACT
Email: john at johncarrithers dot com
Studio: 1824 Spring St. #230 Houston, TX 77007