Biography

John Rhode is a Cinematographer/Director based out of Los Angeles known for his fast, artistic approach to filmmaking. He joined the International Cinematographer's Guild in the 1990s and began work with respected DP's such as Lazlo Kovacs,ASC, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, and John Seale, ASC whom gave Rhode work on Ghosts of Mississippi (1995), The American President 1996), City of Angels (1997), and Perfect Storm (2000) moving him up from additional operator to "A" operator to 2nd Unit DP. Rhode further shot over 30 independent movies which include stars such as Faye Dunway, William Sanderson, John Heard, and Debbie Mazar.

Rhode moved into television on the camera departments of NightStalker (2006), The Hollow Men (2008), Heroes (2007-9) as well as breaking new ground on the webisode and webisode debuts of Prisonbreak (2006), Vanished (2007) Mr. Wrong (2008) and the film festival winning Turbo Dating (2009-12) created by Terry Rossio, writer of Shrek(s) and Pirates of the Caribbean. This led to Award-winning documentaries by Spark Media/ American Experience's Partners of the Heart and Prince of Slaves followed by the award-winning Bill Brummel Productions of Bullied (2010) and Erasing Hate (2011), both funded by the Morris Dee's Southern Poverty Law Center. Awards include many first prizes in films festivals, Tellies, and Cine-Eagles. Rhode's cinematography has been hailed by Variety as "beautifully photographed by John Rhode" and featured in articles published by the International Cinematographer Guild magazine.

Breaking into directing on music videos and commercials, Rhode co-directed and served as director of photography on the notorious short My Dinner With Ovitz, a satire skewering Michael Ovitz. It created a sensation in Hollywood production circles. Ron Meyer, the president of Universal Pictures, and David Geffen remarked, "it was brilliant." Variety Magazine reviewed it as "a gonzo short -- pic is the most buzzed-about underground project since Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "The Spirit of Christmas." Rhode later took offers directing motion pictures which include the family and adventure films Seeker & Fetch (2011), The Stray(2012) and Trooper and the Legend of the Golden Key (2012) as well as many shorts and commercials.

Rhode continues to work in Features, Television, Webisodes, Documentaries, and Commercials.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Won the 2008 Telly Award for Director of Photography on the PBS American Experience "Prince Among Slaves".