JOHN WEBSTER | Filmmaker/ Producer JW Documentaries | Finland

John Webster is an international film director and producer. He graduated from the Rudolf Steiner School in1987 and did his M.A. from the University of Art & Design (UIAH), Helsinki, in 1996. He has been directing and producing documentary films for over 28 years. He runs his own production company – JW Documentaries – since 1993. Some of his acclaimed films include – ‘Recipes For Disaster’, ‘What Comes Around’, ‘Rooms Of Shadow And Light’, ‘Losing It’, ‘Different Trains’.

His films cover a wide area of subjects, but typical to his films are human-interest stories with strong central characters whose lives are followed over a long period of time. Over the years his films have been broadcast to a wide international audience, screened and awarded at festivals, and two of his films have received the Finnish Jussi-award.

John lays particular importance on research and documentary structure, and he gives frequent lectures on his speciality of documentary scriptwriting. John has also been a Member of the Board 2011 - Climate Change Advocate, DocPoint Film Festival; Challenge Europe Project 2008 - 2010 Filmkontakt Nord, Chairman of the Board; 2006 - 2010 Chairman of the Finnish Association of Film Directors (SELO); 1999 - 2003 AVEK: Chairman of the Education Section; 1999 - 2003 AVEK: Member of the Board; 1999 - 2003 The Finnish Film Foundation: Deputy member of the Board; 1999 - 2001 Vice-chairman of the Finnish Association of Film Directors (SELO).

His film ‘Little Yellow Boots’ (2017) has screened at Docpoint Helsinki, Green FF Seoul, Flahertiana IDF Perm and Nordisk Panorama Malmö. DocedgeKolkata hosted a special screening of the film in its 2017 edition.