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A conversation with John Pierson
with John Pierson on Apr 22, 1996
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with John Pierson on Apr 22, 1996
John Pierson is an independent filmmaker and teacher. He played many pivotal roles in bringing the work of first-time filmmakers like Spike Lee, Michael Moore, Kevin Smith and Richard Linklater to the screen, a portfolio that “Premiere” called ‘a virtual hit parade of the independent movement’. These tales are chronicled in Pierson’s book “Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema”, revised and reissued in 2004 as “Spike Mike Reloaded”.
Pierson was also creator and host of “Split Screen”, a half-hour magazine-format television show on IFC. Over its four year run, “Split Screen” put well over 100 indie filmmakers to work and also spawned features ranging from “The Blair Witch Project” to “How’s Your News?” As co-president of Grainy Pictures, Pierson directed film festivals, staged annual film workshops, and formed a completion funding company. Today he teaches in the UT film department.
Source-Grainy Pictures http://www.grainypictures.com/john/bio.html
