John Grace(I)

John Grace is a veteran Director of Photography and camera operator with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked on scores of theatrical features and national television shows and on hundreds of industrial films and commercials. During the past few years he has shot projects for ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, ESPN, TNN, PBS, The History Channel, Discovery, The Learning Channel, Lifetime and Walt Disney Studios. Grace's independent projects have garnered over 30 state and national awards and his former production company received over a dozen Telly Awards in a three year span.

Grace created a "Digital Bootcamp" to teach the basics of digital filmmaking to volunteers at the Duke City Shootout - the Nation's first film-making festival and the inspiration for the 48 Hour Film Project. He created and taught a number of film classes at Central New Mexico Community college (CNM) before being hired to teach film and video production at the Digital Arts and Technology Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the past 15 years, he has offered technical production classes at the Continuing Education department of University of New Mexico including a summer Film Camp for Teens.

Grace is a former Vice President of IATSE Local 480, the union representing film technicians in the state of New Mexico and he continues to work as a Director of Photography, gaffer and studio teacher on professional productions. He is an education member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC). He joined the faculty of the Georgia Film Academy in May of 2016 and taught technical production classes at Savannah Technical College in Savannah, GA until his retirement in 2026. He now writes screenplays and travels the world looking for inspirational stories...