John Killoran

John Killoran

Director and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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October 2015
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About John

Writing professional with over 14 years of experience in the film & television industry. Highly skilled in numerous formats, from screenplays to standard prose to informative journalism, as well as social and visual media. Directed short films and developed television projects and web series in genres ranging from sketch comedy to horror / thriller. Always looking to bring my creative background in storytelling and filmmaking to new projects.

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Loglines

  • School Nights

    School Nights Comedy Romance A nostalgia-prone man finds himself transported to a world where seventh grade lasts forever.

  • Creature

    Creature Horror Thriller A hobbled and housebound dad battles a flying monster that’s after his small children, while confronting the possibility that he might be a monster himself.

  • The Jump

    The Jump Sci-fi Drama A promising college student jumps off a bridge in 1999 and lands in the present as a middle-aged failure, connecting with a mysterious doctor on his journey to reclaim his lost memories.

  • Greetings from Jerry

    Greetings from Jerry Independent Comedy When an unreasonably fortunate and drug-addled greeting card writer's winning streak ends in spectacular fashion, he is forced to examine his life and start over.

  • The Howard Boy

    The Howard Boy Horror Comedy In 1984, two high schoolers unearth an ancient conspiracy of murder in their rural town when they investigate a classmate who has become a werewolf. (It's an absurdist-horror retelling of TEEN WOLF.)

Credits

  • School Nights

    School Nights (2022)
    Film (short) by John Killoran (Comedy) Writer, Director A nostalgia-prone man finds himself transported to a world where seventh grade lasts forever.

  • King Ripple

    King Ripple (2015)
    Film (short) by Luke Jaden Sawicki (Fantasy, Horror and Thriller) Producer Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.

  • Jerry

    Jerry (2009)
    Film (short) by John Killoran (Comedy) Writer, Director, Editor Jerry is a player so talented with verse that he believes it makes him untouchable.

  • Minutemen

    Minutemen (2008)
    TV Movie by Lev L. Spiro (Adventure, Comedy and Sci-Fi) Writer A comedy/sci-fi/adventure about three high school kids who invent a time machine to spare others just like them from the humiliation they've endured.

Awards

  • Black List x Hornitos 'Take Your Shot' Short Proof of Concept Grant Recipient - 'School Nights'
    (2021)

  • Humanitas Prize (nominated) - 'Minutemen'
    (2008)

  • Black List Selection - 'Greetings from Jerry'

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