John W. Beach

John W. Beach

Owner, Manager, Producer at Gravity Squared Entertainment, LLC
Filmmaker, Manager and Producer

Los Angeles, California

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December 2015
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About John

John has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years - starting as a literary agent at Paradigm and later with ACME Talent & Literary, where he was instrumental in the sale of Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER w/ Nicolas Cage and YOUTH IN REVOLT w/ Michael Cera. - After ACME, John and 2 producers created Fortress Features, where he aided in the raise of Fortress' development fund. As the Director of Development, John sought out property for Fortress to acquire and develop into rich film/television projects. - In 2011, John opened the Angeles office of INDYCAR where he invited and managed celebrities (Dan Aykroyd, Howie Mandel and Gladys Knight to name a few) at INDYCAR events and races. Mostly, John produced Branded Integrations for TV shows like MYTHBUSTERS, LET'S MAKE A DEAL, HOW IT'S MADE and many others. - In 2015, after surviving cancer, John started Gravity Squared Entertainment, a Los Angeles based management/production company. Gravity Squared has over 180 books/treatment/scripts under management, many being Pulitzer Prize winners and New York Times bestsellers. They currently have over 25 projects in various stages of development/production - including: sold and developed a Primetime TV Sitcom to ABC based on a Chicago comedienne's life; developing and producing a project with Mosaic & Legendary Pictures with Will Ferrell starring and Adam McKay producing; optioned a book to DreamWorks Animation TV about a unicorn being raised by narwhal, which is in production at Netflix; and they just recently optioned Judith Heumann's memoir, BEING HEUMANN to AppleTV+, which they will produce with David Permut and the Academy Award winning writer/director of CODA, Sian Heder, at the helm.

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  • Being Heumann

    Being Heumann (2023)
    Film by AppleTV/Sian Heder Producer Based on Judy Heumann's bestselling memoir "Being Heumann."

  • Curpigeon

    Curpigeon (2017)
    Film Producer

  • Edgewater

    Edgewater (2017)
    Film by Gravity Squared Entertainment/Mason Thomas Freeman Producer After the death of his mother, Farrell Cranch, on the guidance of his mysterious friend, Mr. Mann, sets out on a journey of self-discovery to find EDGEWATER. Along the way he meets a troubled family, becomes their farmhand and comes face to face with the man who abducted & nearly murdered him some 12 years earlier.

  • Jubilee

    Jubilee (2016)
    Film by Gravity Squared Entertainment/Mason Thomas Freeman (Drama) Producer A young woman uses the power and beauty of song to help her family escape the bondage of slavery in the American south.

  • The Gogo Life

    The Gogo Life (2012)
    Video by Gravity Squared Entertainment/Michael Mistroff (Reality-TV and Short) Producer 5 diva Gogo dancers living on the same house, competing for the same jobs. Beats. Bodies. Breakdowns.

  • Not Too Tart, Not Too Sweet

    Not Too Tart, Not Too Sweet (2003)
    Film by Steve Loh (Short) Producer Two lemonade stands. Two rival mothers. Kung-fu.

  • One Night Stand

    One Night Stand (1997)
    Film Actor

  • Grosse Pointe Blank

    Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
    Film Miscellaneous Crew

  • Days of Our Lives

    Days of Our Lives (1996)
    TV Series Actor

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996)
    TV Series Actor

  • Malibu Shores

    Malibu Shores (1996)
    TV Series Actor

  • Dunston Checks In

    Dunston Checks In (1996)
    Film Actor

  • White Squall

    White Squall (1996)
    Film Miscellaneous Crew

  • 29th Street

    29th Street (1991)
    Film Actor

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