Director / Screenwriter / Playwright / Producer / Cinematographer John
Charles Jopson studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory. He began his
career shooting Formula One racing. He was one of the pioneer music
video directors in the early 1980s, working with such artists as
Hall & Oates,
Willy DeVille,
Elton John and
Frank Zappa. He has been making independent
films from his base in Europe since the late 1990s.
He went snow-blind in the Andes Mountains of Argentina while travelling with cinematographer Julio Macat. The story was documented in the book "Best Friends" (Doubleday, 1998) by Carol Saline and Sharon Wohlmuth.
Member of the Directors Guild Of America (DGA) since 1986.