A western New York native, John Schwert splits his residency between
California and North Carolina, managing and operating his production
company Fourth Ward Productions.
After pursuing a successful career in advertising, Schwert started his
production company in 2004 while writing, producing and directing his
first feature film Among Brothers, based on the actual events
surrounding the unsolved murder of a college student in 1994. Among
Brothers was financed with funds from a second mortgage on Schwert's
home and went on to play at 17 international film festivals, was
featured in a two-hour Dateline NBC story, and was subsequently
released worldwide in 2007.
With momentum on his side, Schwert began work on his follow-up feature,
writing, directing and producing In/Significant Others in 2008. A
multi-narrative drama, In/Significant Others navigates through the
different lives of one city's residents, each of whom is connected to
the same local homicide investigation.
In/Significant Others is premiering at the Boston Film Festival in
September, 2009 with subsequent festivals to follow and a limited
theatrical release in 2010.