John W. Comerford is President of Paradigm Studio, an independent motion picture production company based in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, he produced the four-star (iTunes) documentary feature fil ...Show More
John W. Comerford is President of Paradigm Studio, an independent motion picture production company based in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, he produced the four-star (iTunes) documentary feature film and series entitled Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense. The next step for John is the release of the critically acclaimed Wallflower (Variety), a true-to-life story based on events surrounding a mass-shooting framed in Seattle's electronic dance music community.He co-wrote and co-produced the award winning Around the Fire (Giffoni Film Festival, Best Picture) that has been distributed worldwide. The picture is a music-driven drama, centered on issues of adolescent experimentation. Distributors and exhibitors of Mr. Comerford's work include Showtime, Starz/Encore, Public Television, Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, Cannes Film Market, Seattle International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, South By Southwest Film Festival and EuroArts. In addition, his work has been exhibited and supported by institutions such as The Smithsonian, Jazz at Lincoln Center, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and presented in Hollywood as part of AFI Fest's opening night red carpet.Mr. Comerford is involved in the dynamic music community of the West coast and is a board member of Earshot Jazz and The Jazz Bakery. He has executive produced two avant-garde jazz albums -- the Living Daylights (Jessica Lurie) album, Electric Rosary (four-stars, Downbeat Magazine) and Zony Mash's (Wayne Horvitz) Live in Seattle -- as well as a number of other recordings including Grammy® nominated jazz artist Jovino Santos Neto's Coboclo.Mr. Comerford attended The University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated with a dual degree in psychology and film studies where he was guided by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage and documentarian Jerry Aronson. Community involvement is also an important element of John's work. Presently, he serves as an adjunct professor in the Film Studies Department of Seattle University where he teaches producing and was named to the advisory council of broadcaster KNKX. Hide
