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WEBSTER, JOHN PHILIP COLMAN
OCCUPATION
Film director & producer.
Born 2nd May 1967 in Helsinki, Finland.
Married with two children (born 1997 & 2001).
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, University of Art & Design (UIAH), Helsinki 1996. Graduated from
the Rudolf Steiner School in 1987.
FILMOGRAPHY (as director)
John Webster’s films are human-interest stories with strong central characters whose
lives are followed over a long period of time.Typical to his films is a blend of
tragedy and comedy, melancholy and exuberance. John lays particular importance on
research and documentary structure, and he gives frequent lectures on his speciality
of documentary script writing. He has run his own production company JW Documentaries
since 1993.
THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF TRASH
Documentary; 20 min. JW Documentaries 2012
Web-based documentary project on littering and data visualisation.
Oy International Business Machines Ab; City of Helsinki
EVERY PEACE MATTERS
Documentary; 3min. JW Documentaries Oy 2011
Asylum seekers at a refugee centre name one thing that means peace to them.
Crisis Management Initiative (CMI)
RECIPES FOR DISASTER
Documentary; 85 min; J.W. Documentaries/Millennium Film/Magic Hour Films 2008
Worried by impending climate change, film maker john Webster convinces his middle-class
family that they should go on a one-year oil diet, forsaking anything made from
oil and fossil fuels.
YLE TV2 Documentaries;AVEK; Finnish Film Foundation, DFI, DR, Canal+, Channel 4,
CBC Newsworld
THE SKIERS
Documentary; 11 min; J.W. Documentaries Oy 2007
The palms of veteran skiers hands tell the story of war, life and death
YLE TV1;AVEK; Finnish Film Foundation.
WHAT COMES AROUND
Documentary; 75 min; J.W. Documentaries Oy 2004
The emotional life of a group policemen and policewomen in the Nokia town of Salo,
Finland. YLE TV2 Documentaries;AVEK; Finnish Film Foundation.
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