John Vamvas

Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, Voice Artist, Author, Director and Producer

Montréal, Canada

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April 2012

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About John

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, VP at Montes-Vamvas Productions:

John is one half of Montes-Vamvas Productions. Together for almost 30 years, John and Olga Montes started as an acting team but soon began to write their own scripts for lack of finding two-person plays they could tour across North America. They wrote and toured four full-length critically acclaimed plays to packed houses across Canada and the United States, including, Bad Boy, which they performed Off-Off-Broadway at New York's Creative Place Theatre in the heart of Times Square.

In 2001, they were approached to star in and rewrite the dialogue for the short film, Things Never Said in Playa Perdida. Playa won the audience award at the New York Short Film Festival in 2002 and tied first place at the Festivalisimo festival in Montreal.

In 2010, the couple wrote a screenplay, WHEREWOLVES, which was quickly optioned. When the project fell through, they turned the screenplay into a novel–which has enjoyed consistent success on Amazon .

In 2020, they created a film production company, Montes-Vamvas Productions, and Scarpedicemente is their first feature. ?ref_=wl_li_i

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 7"

Weight:
160

Body type:
Average

Hair color:
Bald

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Gangster Luigi Scarpedicemente and his wife, Holly, sneak off to a desert Vegas motel to avoid bodyguards Ricco & Rocco and celebrate their one year wedding anniversary. What's the worst that can happen? A dark comedy that pays homage to classic cinema!

Scarpedicemente - "A work of art ... an extraordinary achievement" — Emmy and Peabody Award Winner, William Mastrosimone.

"... sexy, frisky, and funny. A 21st [century] film noir for lovers of great gangster films of the past."

Videos

John Vamvas Game Voices - Sound FX-Music.mp3

Loglines

On The Road To Our Success - They Bump Heads Comedy A small percentage of actors make a living from their art. A minuscule percent become stars. Billy Astro and Shawn Starr are not among them. Yet. A hilarious look at the struggles and sacrifices it takes to make your dreams come true as we follow the zany adventures of two actors trying to "make it" in New York.
WHEREWOLVES Action ⋄ Horror ⋄ Thriller Bullies, jocks, and geeks. A teacher. The woods. An unspeakable horror. A fresh take on an old theme where nothing is what it seems. What is out there? Can it really be werewolves?Optioned once. "SPARKLING DIALOGUE... THE WRITING IS SENSATIONAL." Emmy and Peabody Award winning writer, William MastrosimoneNOVEL based on the screenplay available on Amazon "It reminded me of Lord of the Flies vs Silver Bullet only way cooler."

Credits

Scarpedicemente (2022)
Film by Montes-Vamvas Productions Luigi Scarpedicemente is a claustrophobic, dark comedy based on the play written by the two leads, husband and wife team John Vamvas and Olga Montes. Luigi (John Vamvas) is a delusional gangster madly in love with his ditzy gangster moll wife Holly (Olga Montes). The larger-than-life couple are celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary at a low rent Las Vegas motel. While deeply in love, Luigi and Holly share an inability to live in the present. Luigi a walking film projector, playing out the favorite gangster movies of his mind. While Holly's exuberant exterior hides a troubled past bubbling to the surface of their relationship. Sparks fly in this tale of two troubled souls mired in their hefty emotional baggage.
A Stranger in My Home (S3 EP9 - Master Manipulators) (2016)
Television by Hervé Baillargeon (Drama) Coroner Two bodies are found in a dumpster, mangled and bloody. With only tattoos to identify them, police desperately hunt for their names - and their two housemates. Could they be victims of foul play too? Or is this something more sinister?
Madame Hollywood (2016)
Film by Olivier Abbou (Thriller) Maintenance man Trapped in her apartment, supermodel Candice must do as she's told and destroy her career in order save her best friends life.
19-2 (S1 EP4 - The Party) (2014)
Television by Louis Choquette (Drama) Landlord Nick is upset that the injured Harvey will be attending a party with former squad members. The team deals with a gang rape and the escalating drinking problem of one of their own.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
Video Game by Alexandre Amancio (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi and History) Additional Voices Ezio auditore da firenze travels to constantinople on his quest to find the five keys of masyaf to unlock a library left behind by Altaír Ibn La Ahad, to find an artifact known as the Apple of Eden. To prevent it being found by the Templars. Not knowing what they might do with It Ezio leaves the apple in the library for desmond to find. Ezio then goes away with Sofia Sartor to live out the rest of his life with Her. Written by nchannings@gmail.com
End of the Line (2007)
Film by Maurice Devereaux (Horror) Frankie Karen boards a late-night train and fights with several other passengers to survive a murderous night after becoming trapped in a tunnel.
Potatoes and Dragons (2004 - 2006)
Television by Jan Van Rijsselberge (Family and Animation) Merlin To put an end to a curse, King Hugo III calls upon all knights specialized in dragon slaying, promising his daughter's hand to the successful candidate.
Punisher: First Round (2005)
Film (short) by Corey Sosner (Action, Crime, Fantasy and Sci-Fi) Jimmy The Sausage The Punisher kills his way up the ladder of organized crime in NYC. He is relentless in his hunt for the Kingpin but before he can complete his revenge, one man stands in the Punisher's way, Wolverine. Straight from the comics. It's the ultimate Battle royal. Skull vs. Claws! Only one will walk away ! Written by Anonymous
Things Never Said in Playa Perdida (2002)
Film (short) by Diego Briceño-Orduz (Drama) J.D. 24 hours in a desolate industrial town, J.D. and Alex search for the right place to conceive a baby. Alex's biological clock is confronted with J.D.'s drunken state in a collision of emotions that takes them from euphoria to frustration.
Stiletto Dance (2001)
Film by Mario Azzopardi (Action, Crime and Drama) Vernon Yakubov Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
Between the Moon and Montevideo (2001)
Film by Attila Bertalan (Drama and Sci-Fi) Hasek Apart from the sight of the earth and the moon in the sky at the same time, and the flaming rocks that fall at irregular intervals into the streets, it could be a slum anywhere on Old Earth... like the slums of Montevideo where Uncle Tio grew up. In fact, it is an abandoned mining colony in a giant crater of a large asteroid, precariously protected from vacuum. Just like the slums of Earth, the strong prey on the weak and the weak upon the weaker; and Tobi, who makes a meager living as a scrap collector and occasional bare-knuckle fighter, knows that the only chance of escape for himself and his friends lies in the monthly rocket from the Russian colony outside the crater. But the cost is more than he would usually make in a decade. Does the solution lie at the gaming tables of El Senor, who with his enforcers rules over the colony with an iron hand?
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
TV Movie by Les Productions La Fête Inc. (Drama) Vito Bonventre The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Night of the Dribbler (1990)
Film by Jack Bravman (Comedy and Horror) Vendor The Watergate Plumbers, a poorly-performing college basketball team, lose their best players one by one to death and dismemberment at the hands of a mysterious masked stalker.

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