Johnny O'Hara

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Writer and Director @ Los Angeles, CA, US
Los Angeles, CA, US
Johnny O'Hara's Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, United States
About Johnny O'Hara

I love to tell stories. Here’s mine. My career has spanned the worlds of advertising, film, publishing, theatre, digital media and branded entertainment. I’ve had feature films in competition at the 2008 and 2010 Sundance Film Festival, winning the audience award for best documentary in 2008. Another of my films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. I’ve been nominated for an Emmy, shortlisted for an Oscar, won the George Foster Peabody Award and was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for best documentary screenplay.I was born and raised in New York City, the son of Irish immigrants, and thus was geographically and genetically destined to be a raconteur. I went to an all boys Catholic high school where I was elected class president by promising to make the school coed. It was my first successful advertising campaign and sparked a life long passion for boldly communicating ideas. After earning a BFA in communication design from Pratt Institute. I started my creative career working as both art director and copywriter for legendary New York adman Jerry Della Femina. After ten years of creating print and television advertising for major brands at several New York agencies I became the first creative director of U.S. Interactive, a pioneering digital advertising agency. I chose next to focus on writing and filmmaking. I turned an obsession with Elvis Presley into my first book, ELVIS & YOU, published by Penguin. I moved to Los Angeles and wrote comedy screenplays and documentaries while working as creative director of Digital Neural Axis, a post production VFX company that also developed trailers, documentaries, and TV projects with a focus on the LOHAS ( Lifestyles Of Health and Sustainability) demographic.Today, under the banner of REALGOODSTORY PRODUCTIONS, I continue to develop a wide range of media projects designed to either make you think, make you laugh, make you cry or make you buy.What’s your story? Can I help you tell it?

Johnny O'Hara's Current Company Details
Real Good Story Productions

Real Good Story Productions

Writer and Director
Los Angeles, CA, US
Johnny O'Hara Work Experience Details
  • Real Good Story Productions
    Writer And Director
    Real Good Story Productions
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
  • Real Good Story Productions
    Writer/Director
    Real Good Story Productions Jan 2015 - Present
    Venice Beach
  • Following The Footsteps Of Saint Lucy
    Screenwriter/ Director
    Following The Footsteps Of Saint Lucy Oct 2018 - Present
    FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT LUCY is a feature-length documentary that tells the inspiring story of Sister Mary Beth Lloyd, a 71-year-old missionary nun who runs ultramarathon races to raise money to care for orphans in Albania, Brazil, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and India. FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT LUCY is a superhero movie, a different kind of superhero. A real one. She doesn’t wear a cape. But she does wear a costume. When running in ultramarathons, often in extreme heat and humidity, she always wears the heavy black habit of her order to call attention to her cause. The film follows Sister Mary Beth Lloyd as she travels around the world to visit her various missions, learns of their needs and the problems they face and then returns to the United States and does what ever is necessary to raise the funds needed to solve the problem. When she is not in some remote corner of the world, Sister Beth is based at the Vatican the headquarters of the Fillipini Sisters in Rome where her time is divided between prayer, speaking engagements at schools and churches and planning her next fund raising venture. FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT LUCY is a story of an ordinary person doing extraordinary things. She is changing the world one child at a time. She is an example of a life selflessly devoted to serving the less fortunate of the world. What kind of person chooses this path and what can we learn from them about what it means to live a fulfilling life? The film gives us something to aspire to and forces us to examine our own lives. FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT LUCY is a call to action to be a better person.
  • In Code We Trust
    Screenwriter/Director
    In Code We Trust Feb 2018 - Present
    United States
    IN CODE WE TRUST is a feature length documentary that explores the exploding cryptocurrency revolution by following the story of two New Zealand entrepreneurs as they create their own cryptocurrency and take their idea on a road trip to launch it to the world. They travel to the global hotspots of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement and meet with a variety of characters whose stories help illustrate the transformational possibilities of this game changing new technology.
  • Mdma The Movie
    Screenwriter/Director
    Mdma The Movie Jun 2017 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    The first comprehensive feature documentary on the medical and recreational use of MDMA, highlighting its role in therapy, and harm reduction as an appropriate, public-health based alternative to 30 years of failed prohibition.
  • Kiss The Ground
    Screenwriter
    Kiss The Ground 2014 - Sep 2020
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    KISS THE GROUND is a feature length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that examines how soil – and the microbial universe that it houses – is the foundation for all life above ground. The restorative soil movement contends that regenerative agricultural practices that store excess carbon in the soil have the potential to cool the planet and feed the world and that healthy soil means we can feed the world’s growing population with sustained higher yields and more nutritious food. The film also looks at soil’s role in combating drought, especially in California and Australia, where desertification threatens critical food production.
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  • Good Fortune
    Screenwriter
    Good Fortune Jan 2014 - 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    GOOD FORTUNE is a feature length documentary narrated by Dan Ackroyd about the life of billionaire businessman, John Paul DeJoria. Born into impoverished beginnings in East LA, at times homeless and living in his car, John Paul DeJoria spent his early adulthood in and out of motorcycle gangs including the Satan Slaves and Hells Angels. After losing his brother in a horrific motorcycle accident, JP transformed his life and built a wildly successful line of hair care products with artist Paul Mitchell. Proving his success wasn’t a just fluke, JP then created the largest tequila brand in the world – Patron. GOOD FORTUNE reveals the success secret of one of America’s most celebrated entrepreneurs: giving back. JP spends his life creating back-to-work programs for the homeless, fighting whale poachers in the Arctic and working on over 100 other philanthropic ventures. His motto is “Success unshared is failure.” The son of Greek immigrants, JP is a pioneer of “conscious capitalism” (also known as “the triple bottom line” – people, planet and profit). GOOD FORTUNE tells his inspiring life story and shows how he uses business to make the world a better place.GOOD FORTUNE had its international premiere at The 2016 Zurich Film Festival and its American premiere at The 2016 Austin Film Festival. Recently it was awarded BEST OF THE FEST and BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM at The 2017 Sedona Film Festival. It was released theatrically by Lionsgate and is currently available online.
  • Pump
    Screenwriter
    Pump Jan 2012 - 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    Pump is an inspiring, eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America’s addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it—and finally win choice at the pump. Today oil is our only option of transportation fuel at the pump. Our exclusive use of it has drained our wallets, increased air pollution and sent our sons and daughters to war in faraway lands. PUMP shows us how through the use of a variety of replacement fuels, we will be able to fill up our cars—cheaper, cleaner and American-made—and in the process, create more jobs for a stronger, healthier economy. Narrated by Jason Bateman.
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  • People Live Here
    Writer/Director/Producer
    People Live Here 2011 - 2012
    Greater Seattle Area
    PEOPLE LIVE HERE is a branded entertainment documentary commissioned by Aegis Living, a national leader in senior assisted living and memory care facilities. PEOPLE LIVE HERE tells the amazing rags-to-riches life story of founder and CEO, Dwayne Clark, and the innovative company culture he created. The film also examines the demographic time bomb known as “The Silver Tsunami ” caused by the rapidly aging baby boomer generation and the looming epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease
  • The Big Fix
    Screenwriter
    The Big Fix May 2010 - May 2011
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    Follow two daring filmmakers, Josh and Rebecca Tickell, (FUEL, FREEDOM) as they go undercover to expose the secrets of the largest industry on earth – Big Oil. The Tickells set out to investigate the root causes of the 2010 BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and in so doing, discover a vast network of corporate and government malfeasance.The Big Fix was the only documentary selected by the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for an Official Selection Premiere. It was the Winner of the International Film and Water Festival and Winner of the Italian Environmental Film Festival.To watch THE BIG FIX for free click the link below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KgFBciS_X0
  • Freedom
    Screenwriter
    Freedom 2010 - 2011
    FREEDOM takes a hard look at America’s perilous and unsustainable addiction to foreign oil. It explores the role that Ethanol plays as a homegrown alternative that will boost the domestic economy, create jobs and reduce our need to rely on dangerous and unstable parts of the world for our fuel. Freedom offers an array of green solutions. We learn about advanced biofuels, plug-in hybrids, and other sustainable technologies that could fulfill our transportation needs and watch insightful and inspirational interviews from former NATO Commander Wesley Clark; former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; singer/songwriter Jason Mraz; international author Deepak Chopra; and actors Michelle Rodriguez, Amy Smart, and Ed Begley, Jr.Freedom won Best Documentary and Best of Fest at the Brantford International Film Festival, 2011, and the Golden Ace Award at the 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival.
  • Bhutto
    Screenwriter/Director
    Bhutto Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
    BHUTTO is the definitive theatrical documentary about Benazir Bhutto, one of the most complex and fascinating characters of our time. It was nominated for the grand jury prize at the 2010 Sundance Film festival and had its television premiere on PBS Independent Lens. BHUTTO was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy. Among its other awards, BHUTTO was the winner of a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding U.S. Historical Documentary at the Sonoma International Film Festival, winner of Best Documentary at The Rhode Island International Film Festival, winner of the ABCNews VideoSource Award from The International Documentary Association and winner of the EPIC Award by The White House Project. BHUTTO had a 47 city US theatrical run before a successful release in both Pakistan and the UK. http://www.bhuttofilm.com
  • Digital Neural Axis
    Creative Director
    Digital Neural Axis 2002 - 2009
    Venice, California
    A post production VFX company that also produced and developed trailers, documentaries, television and digital projects with a focus on social justice and environmental issues and the LOHAS ( Lifestyles Of Health and Sustainability) demographic. Some of the major studio films DNA worked on include SUPERMAN RETURNS, THE LAST SAMURI, and Martin Scorsese's, THE AVIATOR.
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  • Fuel, The Film
    Screenwriter
    Fuel, The Film Jan 2006 - 2008
    Johnny's first feature documentary, FUEL, won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United States and became a global sensation gaining over 1 million viewers on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and CNBC. FUEL was also screened in the White House for energy and environmental staff working in the Obama Administration. Johnny's screenplay for FUEL was also nominated for best documentary screenplay by the Writer's Guild of America.IMPRESSIVELY COMPREHENSIVE"​..."FUEL"​ is a vital, superbly assembled documentary that presents an insightful overview of America's troubled relationship with oil and how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's -- and the world's -- addictive dependence on fossil fuels."​ - Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES "SWEEPING AND EXHILARATING"​... goes beyond great storytelling; it rings out like a bell that stirs consciousness and makes individual action suddenly seem consequential. - Caroline Libresco, THE SUNDANCE INSITUTE "DEEPLY PERSONAL AND SURPRISINGLY PERSONABLE"​...one of the refreshing traits of this action-nudging documentary is Tickell's willingness to wrestle his own biases. Tickell and writer Johnny O'Hara make a pragmatic case that one solution can't cure our energy woes. With candor, the doc often lets a nagging question cloud hope: Can energy ever be consequence-free? - Lisa Kennedy, DENVER POST
  • Perigee Penguin Books
    Book Author
    Perigee Penguin Books 1998 - 2000
    Greater New York City Area
    I was the co-author of ELVIS & YOU, YOUR GUIDE TO THE PLEASURES OF BEING AN ELVIS FAN. I also designed the book's cover.BARNES & NOBLE REVIEWOf Elvis books, there is no end; but few are as refreshing as this total immersion. Elvis and You offers us insights into every Presely facet. Not even residents of Graceland learned quite this much about Elvis's views of food, money, the martial arts, and just hanging out. In addition, this trusty book teaches you how to build an Elvis shrine, host an Elvis party and collect his memorabilia...the discographies and other documentation are superb. A Big Hunk O'Love. PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY REVIEWThe undisputed "Titanic" of rock n' roll is Elvis, and Elvis mania is the undisputed passion of millions of fans worldwide, who will be thrilled to know that Laura Victoria Levin and John O'Hara have compiled Elvis & You: Your Guide to the Pleasures of Being an Elvis Fan. This comprehensive handbook is the fan's ultimate resource. If it's not in their book, Levin and O'Hara can tell you where to find it. With description of fans by category ("The 'I Was Catapulted into Puberty by Elvis Fans," " The I'm Gonna See Elvis in Heaven Fans" " The 'Refuse-to-Make-the-Pilgrimage Fans" and "The 'I Didn't Realize I Was a Fan Until He Was Gone Fans" are just a few); suggestions on how readers can manifest their Elvis passion (including "Help to Create the Next Generation of Elvis Fans") and lists upon lists of everything Elvis - his back-up singers, his women, his styles of singing, his churches, his live performances, his movies and even his cooks. Levin and O'Hara provide a clear road map for navigating the Elvis expressway and prove there is no end to what being an Elvis fan can mean.
  • Freelance
    Screenwriter
    Freelance 1996 - 1998
    Greater New York City Area
    I sold and optioned screenplays to actor William Forsythe, Michael Mailer Films, and producer Hank Blumenthal, winner of the Grand Jury Prize Sundance, 1992.
  • Us Interactive
    Creative Director
    Us Interactive 1995 - 1996
    Greater New York City Area
    I was the first Creative hired by this start-up during the pioneering days of the internet and the birth of digital marketing. US INTERACTIVE worked with traditional advertising agencies to translate and maintain the integrity of various blue chip brands as they moved onto the Internet. Clients included Toshiba, American Express, AT&T, Ziff-Davis, and Ragu Unilever.
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  • Jwt
    Art Director/ Copywriter
    Jwt 1994 - 1995
    Greater New York City Area
    Accounts included Kodak, Schick, Thermasilk Shampoo.
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  • Mvbms/Euro Rscg
    Art Director/ Copywriter
    Mvbms/Euro Rscg 1992 - 1994
    Greater New York City Area
    Clients included Volvo, MCI, Delta Airlines, G. Heilman Brewing, A&W Soft Drinks and Midori Liquor.
  • Della Femina Mcnamee
    Art Director/ Copywriter
    Della Femina Mcnamee 1987 - 1992
    Greater New York City Area
    Clients included PanAm, Beck's Beer, Dr. Scholl's, People for the American Way, Care, The Children’s Aid Society.

Johnny O'Hara Skills

Directing Screenwriting Film Documentaries Feature Films Independent Film Video Production Film Production Commercials Film Editing Documentary Story Consulting Short Films Social Documentary Final Cut Pro Post Production Producing Music Videos Cinematography Editing Final Draft Creative Writing Pre Production Camera Television Advertising Copywriting Interactive Advertising Art Direction Photography Photojournalism Creative Direction Branded Entertainment Branded Content Playwriting Storytelling Persuasive Presentations Viral Video Film Trailers Web Design Documentary Research Grant Writing Creative Strategy Interactive Media Graphic Design Published Author Script Analysis Digital Marketing

Johnny O'Hara Education Details

Frequently Asked Questions about Johnny O'Hara

What company does Johnny O'Hara work for?

Johnny O'Hara works for Real Good Story Productions

What is Johnny O'Hara's role at the current company?

Johnny O'Hara's current role is Writer and Director.

What schools did Johnny O'Hara attend?

Johnny O'Hara attended Pratt Institute, School Of Visual Arts, Otis College Of Art And Design.

What are some of Johnny O'Hara's interests?

Johnny O'Hara has interest in Elvis And Iggy Pop, Technology, Yoga, Art, Motorcycles, Photography, Sailing, Surfing, Zen Buddhism, Cuba.

What skills is Johnny O'Hara known for?

Johnny O'Hara has skills like Directing, Screenwriting, Film, Documentaries, Feature Films, Independent Film, Video Production, Film Production, Commercials, Film Editing, Documentary Story Consulting, Short Films.

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