John Blystone,Producer/Director

John Blystone

Producer/Director, Edit Producer

About John Blystone

Widely experienced team-player with visual and story-telling flair; able to manage complex factual/scientific detail, get the best out of team and talent, deliver on tight deadlines and deal with curve-balls.
Extensive P/D experience including Presenter-led, CGI, Drama Recon, Actuality, Archive-based History, Landmark Current Affairs and Business, Foreign Affairs, Investigative and corporate promo. Likewise extensive EP experience

Widely experienced team-player with visual and story-telling flair; able to manage complex factual/scientific detail, get the best out of team and talent, deliver on tight deadlines and deal with curve-balls.
Extensive P/D experience including Presenter-led, CGI, Drama Recon, Actuality, Archive-based History, Landmark Current Affairs and Business, Foreign Affairs, Investigative and corporate promo. Likewise extensive EP experience (Almost all PD credits took the project through edit and post), and more recently a bit of SP experience gained too.
Able to self-shoot to broadcast standards, if necessary.

Credits

NASA's Unexplained Files

( July 2018 - Apr 2019 )

WAG TV

Series Producer

Strange Evidence

( Apr 2018 - July 2018 )

WAG TV

Edit Producer

Magna Carta

( Jan 2016 - Jan 2016 )

WAG

Series Producer

Evolution of Evil: Joseph Stain, "Papa Doc" Duvalier

( Jan 2015 - Jan 2015 )

WMR

Producer/Director

Secrets of the Bible

( Jan 2014 - Jan 2014 )

WMR

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

Beasts from the East: Pavel Tuchlin + Anatoly Onoprienko

( Jan 2013 - Jan 2013 )

SkyVision

Producer/Director

Death Row - The Final 24 Hours

( Jan 2012 - Jan 2012 )

WAG TV

Producer/Director

Ancient X-Files

( Jan 2011 - Jan 2011 )

WAG TV

Producer/Director

Obama and Me

( Jan 2010 - Jan 2010 )

BBC2

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

The City Uncovered with Evan Davis

( Jan 2008 - Jan 2008 )

BBC2

Producer/Director

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Equipment

Additional Information

Industries

TV

Programme Types

Arts, Biography, Business, Corporate, Current Affairs, Daytime, Documentary, Docusoap, Drama Reconstruction, Dramatised Documentary, Education, Health, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Magazine, Motoring, Natural History, News, Observational Documentary, Property, Reality TV, Religion, Science, Shopping, Travel

Specialisms

Africa, Arts, Business, Consumer Affairs, Crime, Current Affairs, Economics, Environment, Finance, History, Industry, International Affairs, Internet, Journalism, Location Filming, Natural History, News & Current Affairs, Paranormal, Philosophy, Politics, Popular Culture, Programme Development, Programme Formatting, Psychology, Religion, Science, Technology, Transport, USA, Wildlife

Employment History

Experienced P/D with background at ABC News, BBC Current Affairs and Specialist factual. Prime-time credits on BBC1, BBC2, C4, National Geographic, Discovery: popular factual programmes including Current Affairs, Business, Science, History, Actuality and Entertainment.

Additional Information

Industries

TV

Programme Types

Arts, Biography, Business, Corporate, Current Affairs, Daytime, Documentary, Docusoap, Drama Reconstruction, Dramatised Documentary, Education, Health, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Magazine, Motoring, Natural History, News, Observational Documentary, Property, Reality TV, Religion, Science, Shopping, Travel

Specialisms

Africa, Arts, Business, Consumer Affairs, Crime, Current Affairs, Economics, Environment, Finance, History, Industry, International Affairs, Internet, Journalism, Location Filming, Natural History, News & Current Affairs, Paranormal, Philosophy, Politics, Popular Culture, Programme Development, Programme Formatting, Psychology, Religion, Science, Technology, Transport, USA, Wildlife