John Webster | Filmmaker | Finland

John Webster is a Finnish director and producer with over 30 years of experience in the Nordic and European independent film industry. His films are visually ambitious social issue stories with strong central characters told with humour and empathy.

He is the recipient of two Finnish Jussi awards and Docpoint’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His recent films include The Happy Worker (2022), Eye to Eye (2020) and Little Yellow Boots (2017), also, Burnt Earth will be his third feature doc on the climate emergency.

In 1993 John founded the Finnish film production company JW Documentaries. The company produces and co-produces creative documentary films. Over the years the company has developed strong ties with the Nordic, Northern European and Asian documentary film communities. The most recently completed co-production is the Academy Award-nominated documentary Writing With Fire (2021).