John Vorhaus
Résumé

PROFILE                                                                                 

·         Film and Television Writer with 22+ years of industry experience

·         14+ years as International Creative Consultant in 20+ countries

·         Television Show Developer and Producer

·         Author, Educator, Speaker, TV Personality, Poker Expert

 

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Creator/Producer

·          Romania – Pro TV: Developed and produced two situation comedies, House Arrest and New Times; recruited and trained writers; conceived and implemented story and script development systems

·          Romania – Acasa TV: Consulting Producer on daily comedy/drama Razboiul Sexolor; oversaw character arc and series arc development; instituted methods for story and script writing and editing

·          Switzerland – Swiss TV: Facilitated development of situation comedy Nice Views; developed stories and character arcs for first and second seasons

·          Nicaragua - Puntos de Encuentro: Creator and Co-producer, Sexto Sentido, Nicaragua’s first original TV drama; recruited/trained 40 writers; developed first and second season story arcs

·          Sweden - TV4: Consulting Producer on two situation comedies, Patience of an Angel and Heja Björn

Consultant

·          Romania – MediaPro Pictures: Ongoing consultancy in story and script development for television comedy and drama, and motion pictures

·          Netherlands – Netherlands Film Festival, 2007; conceived and executed the Pretty, Sick & Twisted Test, a live experiment in instant sitcom staging and production

·          Netherlands – BNN TV: Consultant on development of daily news/comedy program The Newest Show

·          Norway - National Study Center for Film: Consulted on long- and short-form film comedies and television situation comedies

·          Australia -The Seven Network:  Developed comedy programming for Australia’s second largest television network; Executive in Charge of Production for 2 television comedies

·          New Zealand - TV3: Recruited and trained New Zealand’s first generation of situation comedy writers; oversaw development of 3 comedy pilots

·          Great Britain - MediaXchange, London: Creative Consultant; Head of Studies

·          Jamaica – UNESCO: Consulted on development of ultra low budget teleplays

·          United States - Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation: Consulted on group creativity

                                                                      

PRESENTATIONS

·          MediaPro, Bucharest

·          Nova Television Network, Prague     

·          Mediaset TV, Rome

·          Binger Film Institute, Amsterdam

·          Markiza TV, Bratislava

·          German Film &Television School, Berlin

·          PILOTS, Barcelona

·          AFTRS, Sydney

·          FOCAL, Geneva

·          BBC, London

·          CYFLE, Cardiff

·          NRK, Norway