JOHN MOSSMAN is co-founder of The Artistic Home, where he directed the Jeff Recommended Look Homeward, Angel, and the recent critically acclaimed production of Juno and the Paycock. Other productions include Landscape of the Body by John Guare, the acclaimed revivals of Clifford Odet's Clash by Night and William Inge's Natural Affection, as well as Beth Henley's The Miss Firecracker Contest and Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge. He also recently directed Julius Caesar for Lakeside Shakespeare Theater. He has directed several short films that have won top awards at numerous international film festivals, including the Artistic Home-produced Spaceman Dan's 243rd Flight, winner of top awards at the Rochester Film Festival, and the Wisconsin Film Festival. 

John has also directed the short films Draggage and Jell-Ohh Lady, featured in the American Cinematheque Series at LA's Egyptian Theater, and for which he received the Best Director of 2002 award at the Midwest Independent Film Fest. Documentaries include There's No Such Thing As Crazy, which received a Telly and a Voice Award for its potrayal of teenagers struggling with mental illness. 

As an actor, he most recently appeared in the title role of Modigliani. He also appeared in The Artistic Home's critically acclaimed productions of Peer Gynt in the role of Peer, for which he received a Jeff Nomination and a Chicago Stage Talk Award, as well as in Arthur Miller's After the Fall in the role of Quentin.

Other notable roles include Chicken in Kingdom of Earth, the title role in Tom Jones, Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dickon in The Scarecrow, Claudio in Measure For Measure, Lanx in Angel City, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at Actors' Theater of Louisville, Honeyman in A Walk In The Woods at Madison Repertory, and Jim in A Glass Menagerie with Celeste Holm.

For the past 3 years has helmed the IFP Mentorship Program, a filmmaking collaboration with Chicago Public Schools, which has resulted in two consecutive national Emmy Awards. In Los Angeles he appeared on television, and performed and produced theater at the Pacific Resident Theater Ensemble. He is the recipient of two Telly Awards, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is currently an instructor at The Artistic Home as well as in the Columbia College Film Department. 

You can find more about John on his website, mossmanfilms.com.