Director / cinematographer Johnny Saint Ours - with a passion for storytelling in motion pictures since the age of 12, developed over 3 decades, 50 countries, the foundation of a self-taught film school, 2 Emmy Awards, 7 feature length original screenplays, 1 feature length documentary, Cannes, AMC, HBO, AMAZON, ESPN, Vice - commercials, music videos, docudramas, and narrative feature films. Each of them the product of a life in aesthetic, empathy and human interest.
In DEVELOPMENT
THE VINE (Documentary Series) / WRITER & DIRECTOR
FOUR DOWN (Feature Documentary) / DP
RESURRECTION / DIRECTOR & DP
TRIANGLE (Narrative Series) / WRITER & DIRECTOR
PENNYWELL (True Story of Pad Pennywell v. the NIGHTRIDERS) / WRITER & DIRECTOR
The LAST MARINER (Narrative Feature) / WRITER & DIRECTOR
TV / WEB/ DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN DYNASTY Season 2 / DIRECTOR
COWBOY WARS / 2nd Unit DIRECTOR & DP
STILL LIFE / DIRECTOR & DP
TREY ANASTASIO: Between Me and My Mind / DP / Tribeca FF 2019
WHAT WILL BECOME OF US? Frank Lowy documentary / DP / Tribeca ‘19
Untitled WYNONA JUDD Documentary / DP
BALLET NOW - TILER PECK / STICK FIRGURE PRODUCTIONS / DP
THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA: FRONTIERSMEN / Director & DP / HISTORY CHANNEL
AN AMERICAN PLAYBOY / Director / Amazon Studios
THE MAKING OF THE MOB: CHICAGO / Director & DP / AMC
THE AMERICAN WEST / Director & DP / AMC
DIRTY JOHN / DP / Oxygen Network
THE COLLECTORS (web docu-series) / DP / ESPN Films
Beekeepers
Why We March
California's Drought
Marijuana Doctor
Coach Kelly
WEEDIQUETTE / 5 Episodes / VICELAND / DP
THE MAKING OF THE MOB: NEW YORK / X Unit DIRECTOR-DP / AMC
VICE (TV Series Documentary) / DP / HBO
American Scrap & Children of the Drones (Season 2)
Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors (Season 2)
Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money Pit (Season 3)
VICE MEDIA REPORTS/ VICE NEWS / DP
Cambodia: From Sex Worker to Seamstress- The High Cost of Cheap Clothes
MIRACLE MAN, The DANNY JACOBS STORY
Europe's Most Notorious Jewel Thieves: Vice Reports
SKIN TO THE MAX SEASON 2 / DP / HBO - CINEMAX
Johannesburg/Montevideo
Cote d'Azur/Buenos Aires
Cape Town/Rome
Budapest/Athens
30 FOR 30 "Cutthroat" / DP / ESPN Films
AMERICAN VAQUERO The Horsemen of Ecuador / Director-DP
WU TANG CLAN / DP
REVERSE COURSE w SAM TALBOT / DP
AMERICA ON ZERO DOLLARS A DAY w GAVIN MCINNES / DP / TRAVEL CHANNEL
YOUNG BROKE AND BEAUTIFUL / DP / IFC
Detroit
Memphis
New Orleans
Boston
Baltimore
SKIN TO THE MAX SEASON 1 / DP / HBO - CINEMAX
Rio De Janeiro, Amsterdam
Kyoto, Berlin
Prague, Copenhagen
Barcelona, Croatia
Tokyo, Toronto
France, Russia
narrative
Breaking ICE / Writer / Director / DP
DAYS OF THUNDER AND RAIN / DP/ Mondial
THE COMING STORM / DP / FBI Counter Intelligence Production
THE COMPANY MAN / DP / FBI Counter Intelligence Production - Emmy Award Winner for Cinematography
GAME OF PAWNS / DP / FBI Counter Intelligence Production
BETRAYED/ DP / FBI Counter Intelligence Production* Emmy Award Winner for Cinematography
FACES IN THE MIRROR / DP / Filament Productions
THE IRISHMAN (starring Val Kilmer) / Visual Effects DP / *Cannes 2010
COMMERCIAL
CARMAX “Tested” / DP 2020
GEICO Customer Service “JIM” / DIRECTOR
ALLEN and ALLEN / DP - 2018
BON SECOURS CANCER CENTER / DP - 2018
DAWN OF AMERICA / COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG / DP 2017
PWC "REX" / DP / Casual Films
Uvaro / DIRECTOR-DP
Moen Faucets "Inventors" / DIR: Johnny Saint Ours / Martin Agency
Brandermill Woods "Recreations" / DP
USA Cycling / DP
NASCAR "Army Proud" / DIRECTOR-DP
Aquaphalt "Toys" / Writer, Director, DP
Timberland Boots / DP
St. Damien's Hospital / Writer, Director, DP
Opportunity International / DIRECTOR-DP
Walmart "MI Blueberries" / DP / One Kreate
Walmart "Healthy Living" / DP / Martin Agency
Walmart "Wonka" / DP / Martin Agency
Allen and Allen "Mother and Child" / DP / Etre Communications
Allen and Allen "Wife" / DP / Etre Communications
Southern States "Southern States 90th Anniversary TV" / DIRECTOR-DP / Barber Martin Agency
SHORTS
BREAKING ICE / WRITER, DIRECTOR, DP
WOLF BABY / Writer, Director, DP
WE RISE Charlottesville post 8/17 / Writer, Director
Faces of Others / Writer, Director, DP
Atlas / Writer, Director, DP
Chateau / Writer, Director, DP
River of Shadows / Writer, Director, DP
Boot Camp #4 / Writer, Director, DP
Outliers / DP / The Branching Co. *Cannes 2010
Neighborhood Watch / DP / The Branching Co. *Richmond 48 Film Fest. Audience Award
MUSIC VIDEO
Dave Matthews Band "Rooftop" / DIR: Aaron Farrington
Parachute "Hearts Go Crazy" / DIR: Johnny Saint Ours
Chamomile & Whiskey "Wandering Boots" / DIR: Johnny Saint Ours
Morgan O'Kane "The One They Call The Wind" / DIR: Johnny Saint Ours
Devin Therriault "You're Mine" / DIR: Ariel Danziger
Dave Matthews Band "Funny The Way It Is" / DIR: Fenton Williams