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John is a London based stage and screenwriter, director, acting teacher, spiritual psychologist and wellbeing coach. He is the founder/ director of eduction platform and production company, Awakened State, and the creator of the internationally acclaimed Spiritual Psychology of Acting.

Over a career spanning 30 years, John has worked on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and theatre director, and has enjoyed commercial and critical success as a writer, director and producer. His first short film, The Space Between’’ premiered earlier this year and recently won best short at Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. 

He has taught extensively in London, New York, Los Angeles and Berlin, and teaches masterclasses to universities and drama schools. He has trained some of the UK’s brightest actors, who have gone on to work in Hollywood, Bollywood, international feature films, prime-time series, soap operas, West End, Broadway, Royal Court, Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre productions.