John Balazs

John graduated from JMC academy in 2004 where he received the best short film award for his debut short Fallen. Shortly after graduating, he went onto produce a variety of commercials and music videos for various production companies in Melbourne. In 2007, he entered network Television as a production assistant on various game shows. By 2010 he was a producer, writer and editor of Kids WB, producing over 20 hours of television per week. During this time he was also a casual News exchange operator for Nine News. 2009 saw John direct and edit two short films - The Ice Cream Man and Short Black. Both films were well received in the local film festival market. In 2012 he went onto become the senior online editor for a global network for educational and documentary videos within the Australasian region. John joined forces with writer Shane Joseph Willis in 2014 and together they completed the script for Alpha Dogs, a project that John is very passionate about. Alpha Dogs is currently in development for production in Melbourne, Australia in 2018. In 2016, John wrote, produced and directed action film Dancer, which was the first project that he had complete creative and financial control over. He oversaw all aspects of production as well as producing and managing the film's post production. The film will enter the film festival and film market route in 2017. John also acted as Producer on Earthrise