johnpavlich

Name: John Pavlich

I am a writer/director/actor/podcaster. I was born in Long Beach, California but I live in Fort Worth, Texas. I am declared by the State of Texas as Legally Blind. I went to Junior College back in 1999 to major in film. I dropped out after two months for personal reasons, but mainly because it was too much like high school and I was told I had to be a student for a year and a half before I could take the class I really wanted: Screenwriting.

After that, I lived in Denton for nearly three years, where I was the co-founder of UFO (Underground Film Organization) for the University of North Texas. This was a venue for students to showcase their film work and gain interest from classmates for other projects. In that time, I was able to put together a Halloween screening of Night Of The Creeps, as well as a Coen Brothers film appreciation event, wherein nightly screenings of their work ran for a whole week, from Blood Simple to The Big Lebowski. I was a co-writer and cinematographer for an independent film, which due to production complications I was not involved in, the project was eventually dropped halfway through shooting.

I am currently running a film commentary and discussion podcast called Sofa Dogs (http://www.sofadogs.libsyn.com), as well as a pop culture and entertainment news podcast called Couch Surfing (http://www.geekshow.us/archives/category/podcasts/couch-surfing). I am also trying to start an independently produced graphic novel, but I'm in desperate need of an artist. The story is similar in both ideas and tone to Mike Mignola's Hellboy, Kevin Smith's Dogma and Joss Whedon's Angel. If anyone out there is interested in a project like that (and can draw), please contact me. Artists I currently like are Fabio Moon, John Bolton and Cliff Richards.