JOHNNY'S CV with photos
2008
2007
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Starred in and co-wrote BLINDSPOT for Bol Productions in Holland
Appered in short film HEARTCORE as the Artist at the Rutger Hauer Film Factory, Rotterdam Film Festival
Workshops in Luxembourg /Grenada/ Galicia /Dimitri school in Verscio (CH)
Test shoots in UK for International Brigade movie
Directing Tad Brothers at Edinburgh festival
Producing/shooting/acting in mobile movies for net
Made short film - Paradise Tours
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With Terrence Schreurs and Rutger Hauer |
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2006
2005
2004
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Script editing for ZERO ONE, new screenplay for Ad Bol
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES in Spain
Shooting short film clips for mobile fone movies
Directing TAD Brothers comedy performance, Berlin
Performances at the Torino Street festival JUST FOR JOY
Italian tour of European Blues
Winner Heidenheim Kleinkunst Ptrize
Appeared at the Comedy Monster festival. Rome
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES of Spain, Italy.
Acting DAWSON in the movie WICKED directed by Michael Knighton
Editing the movie ITS A WOMANS WORLD
Premier of CASTINGS scheduled for December 2004
Playing main role (COOK) in Greg Macqueen's TV short LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE SISTER (azdapted from David Compton's play)
Directed and co-wrote IT'SA WOMAN'S WORLD as a project for the Oerol Festival, Holland.
BACKTRACKER, the short film released
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES in Austria, Spain
Performed in Palazzo im Park, Bremen |
Winner at Heidenheim |
On the set of IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD |
as inspector DAWSON in WICKED |
As the rider in BACKTRACKER |
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| 2003 |
Performed in Palazzo im Park, Bremen
Acting
in PUMP (Castings) Netherlands film directed
by Ad Boll
Appearance
TV show on Swiss TV :live from Winthertur Casino
Directing
the women's theatre company Mevrouw
Bakker
Directed
succesful JAB project at Oerol festival, Holland
Writing
and directing Backtracker - a short
movie in western genre.
Released The Warriors of Light New Album - The
Rogue Planet
Performed in
LA MAMA THEATRE, New York City, with theatre group DZIECI playing
the role of TIRESIAS in ' FOOLS MASS' and the DEVIL
/CARDINAL RICHELIEU in the production of DEVILS OF
LOUDON see
critique |
 As
Gustav in the short by Emile van Zuijlen |
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| 2002 |
Performing
with Dzieci in New York City
Directing
Missing Link Project, premiered november 2002 - production - LOOPS
Main
roles in short film by Emil van Zuijlen - GEBROEDERS MOLL (Holland), and the film by Simon Falkentorp The QUARRY (Denmark)
MAYDAY in Jango Edwards pilot 'Thomas Clown Affair' |
As Tiresias
the blind fool in FOOLS MASS |
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| 2001 |
Performance
for Danish County Councils Conference
Premiere
of LIGHTMAKER at Berlin Film Festival Panorama Special, starring
with Rod Steiger
Presenter
for Toshiba Medical Systems at the Vienna Medical Congress
Performance
at the Freiburger Kultur Messe
Won
BEST ACTOR award at Williamsburg of Brooklyn Film Festival, New
York City 2001
Performed in the Palzzo
Colombino variety in Freiburg, Germany |
On
stage at the Berlin Film Festival after the premier
of LIGHTMAKER
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Danish politicians conference, Aalborg |
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| 2000 |
Starred
as Richard in FAR
FROM CHINA, feature film by director Christian Leigh, Films
Copenhagen
Performed
EUROPEAN BLUES at the Festival of Mime. London
Co-lead
in a 20-minute 35 mm movie by Geppe Monros, Barcelona
Presenter
of the Congress of World Veterinarians before Princess Margriet
of Holland.
Guest
performance/teacher at the 3rd Congress of Nordic drama.
Finishing
shooting/post production for LIGHT-MAKER (director Dieter Meier)
in Los Angeles for Yello Productions. |
As
PA in the Spanish short by Geppe Monros |
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| 1999 |
Toured
EUROPEAN BLUES in Austria, Holland, Spain
TV
project in process in connection with Bellissima Channel, Amsterdam
Preliminary
stages of planning directing for multi-media project with Sound
Venture, Aarhus, DK
Shot
commercial for BECEL margerine, Holland
Invited
artist at the festival of Mime, Troyes, France.
Studied
FSP course 2 and 3 of Pleiadian Lightwork. |
Rock
video for Bellissima Channel, Amsterdam |
 As
Woos Brillis undercover-cop checking the public at the Oerol
Festival , Holland
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|
| 1998 |
Celebrated
50 years on the planet, 25 years in show business
Performed
for displaced Indians in Chapas, Mexico for ‘Clowns without Frontiers’
Toured
Holland, Austria, Switzerland
Premiered
MEMBERS ONLY in Spanish at Taraga Festival |
Intimate
moment with ANDREA VAGN JENSEN in 'NO MAN'S LAND' |
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| 1997 |
Director
of new show for the group, PORPOL, Vitoria (Spain)
Directed
workshop project for Festival of Araia, Spain
Director
of the Aarhus Artist School final production (Denmark)
Extra
shoots for "NO MAN"S LAND" directed by Nina Rosenmaier
(Flora Danica Film, Copenhagen) |
 Clowning
in Taragonna |
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| 1996 |
Played
HARLEY (lead) in feature film, "NO MAN'S LAND", directedby
Nina Rosenmeier (Flora Danica Film, Copenhagen)
Worked
on ‘station-identity' shorts for Teleclub, Zurich
Directed
Aarhus Artiste-School final production (Denmark) |
Freiburg
Variety show |
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| 1995 |
Post-production
for "ONCE UPON A DREAM" in Los Angeles.
TV
commercial for Sun Alliance Insurance, (London)
Cinema
commercial for Teleclub TV Channel, Zurich
Tours
of Spain |
Faynway
Jenkell live at the Oerol festival, Holland |
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| 1994 |
Spent
most of the year recovering from a serious accident
Master
of Ceremonies at Cabaret Tent, Roskilde Festival.
Writing
the project BORIS the DRAGON, a multi-media fantasy.
Directed
MEMBERS ONLY for Inter-Kulturel Centre, Aarhus, Denmark.
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm |
Self-written
comedy short about the Olympic Flame with Tina Grace |
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| 1993 |
Dr.
BUTTER(lead) in 16mm 30 minute movie, "KILLER BERBERECHOS",
(BAUSAN FILM Prods., Barcelona) directed by Andres Cruz
Performed
in Cabaret tent, Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Performed
at JUSTE POUR RIRE (Just for Laughs' ) Festival, Montreal, Canada
Master
of Ceremonies at Aarhus Festival Spiegel tent, Denmark.
First
shoots of feature film SCAPEGOAT, (Dir. Michael Summers)
Performed
for the Queen of Denmark at Aarhus Festival |
As Dr. Butter in 'Killer Berberechos |
Giving
Alex Casanovas a hard time in MANILA |
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| 1992 |
Starred
as BASTA in feature film "ONCE UPON A DREAM", directed
by Dieter Meier (Potocka Prods, Warsaw, Poland/Yello Music, Zurich,
Switzerland)
Starred
in and co-wrote BLUEVILLE SERENADE, a rock musical in Amsterdam,
Holland.
Directed
animation group/performed solo in the Olympic Village for the Olympic
Games and the Special Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain
Wrote/
acted in short comedy sketches for PINNIC, children's programme,
TVE 1, Spain
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm |
With Tina Grace in TV sketch
for PINNIC, Spain |
TV sketch
for PINNIC, Spain |
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| 1990-1 |
Starred
as BASTA
in feature film "ONCE UPON A DREAM", directed by Dieter
Meier (Potocka Prods, Warsaw, Poland/Yello Music, Zurich, Switzerland)
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm
Performed
at JUSTE POUR RIRE ( Just for Laughs) Festival, Montreal, Canada
Played
PATTERSON in feature film, "ESCRITO EN LAS ESTRELLAS" directed
by Ricard Reguant (Fair Play Prods, Barcelona).
Invited
artist as JERRY in episode 2 of "DARK JUSTICE" directed
by David Calloway (Lorimar Prods, Los Angeles and TV3, Barcelona
Spain.)
Starred
as MARIO in feature film, "MANILA" directed by AntonioChaverrias
(Quasar Prods, Barcelona, Spain - winner: Best film of the year
in Catalonia)
Played
THX 337 in feature film "CYBERHEDEN", directed by Mario
Orfini (Eidoscope Prods., Cine Citta, Rome, Italy) |
On
the set of 'LIGHTMAKER', post-procudtion in LA |
On
the set of 'LIGHTMAKER', filmed in Poland.... |
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| 1989 |
Played
leading role, BERTO, in Italian feature film, "LUNGO IL FIUME",
directed by Vanna Paoli. (Corvo Productions, Cine Citta, Rome.)
Premiered
THE BEST OF JOHNNY, solo show of Johnny's best acts.
Featured
as THE MISSIONARY in feature film "THE RETURN", directed
by Jens Joren Thorsen (Superfilm Prods, Copenhagen).
Master of Ceremonies on the ‘Orange Stage’ at
Roskilde Rock Festival (Denmark) |
Playing
the lead role, BERTO in Lungo il
Fiume, Italian film 1989 |
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| 1988 |
Appeared
in rock video TIED UP music-single by YELLO.
Directed
cabaret performance for Boulevard Theatre, Stockholm.
Master
of Ceremonies at Aarhus Rock Festival Orange Stage, (Denmark)
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm |
in rock
video for YELLO |
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| 1987 |
Toured
DIRTY MONEY- the show, in Europe.
Performed
at the International Festival of Clowns, Tokyo.
Performed
at "The JOHNNY MELVILLE FESTIVAL" a ten-day retrospective,
Aarhus, DK, featuring all 5 solo performances. |
Tokyo clown
festival 1987 |
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| 1986 |
Premiered
solo show < DIRTY MONEY > as a special project for the 'Off-T.A.T'.,
Frankfurt, directed by Matt Mitler.
Produced
the record DIRTY MONEY - the ALBUM |
My personal
retrospective Festival 1987 |
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| 1985 |
Devised/directed < MUSICAL MONKS > for the International Festival of Cabaret (Homo Ridens) di Bologna, Italy. |
Improvisation
at Lutterbek |
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| 1984 |
Studied
and performed drumming/dance with Mustapha Tetty Addy in Togo
Performed MEMBERS ONLY at the official Adelaide International Festival,
Australia.
Performed
at the first Charlie Rivel Memorial Festival.
Workshop
leader at the first 3rd World Dance intensive in Vienna.
Starred
as THEO, in TV film GAME OVER (Austria's entry for the International
T.V. Festival of Montreux directed by Peter Saman (ORF
TV)
Founder/director/writer/actor
of the INTERNATIONALISTS', formulated, wrote, directed
and starred in the project < IT DON'T MEAN A THING >
for the Theater, am Turm, Frankfurt. |
GAME
OVER TV film from Austria 1984
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PR
shot for The Internationalists 1984 |
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| 1983 |
Co-wrote
music for/ acted in BLOOD AND CHAMPAGNE directed
by Marika Lagercrantz, (Stockholm).
Performed
MEMBERS ONLY at the Nancy Festival of World Theatre, France. |
Gig on
the streets of Elba 1983 |
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| 1982 |
Premiered
solo show MEMBERS ONLY at Vienna Festival. |
Performing
in Vondel Park Amsterdam |
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| 1981 |
Premiered
solo show 'TROUBLESHOOTER at the Festival of
Theatre of Nations, Amsterdam.
Played
JOHNNY AGAIN in feature film WHAT'S THE BEEF RODO? directed
by Hans Joachim Berndt (Filmhaus, Munchen)
Released
the record THE WEE ALBUM Nurnburg, Germany. |
Zurich
press 1981 |
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| 1978 |
Premiered
first solo show COME AGAIN at Festival of Fools,
Amsterdam, Holland |
Bagolin
in Goldoni THE CROW, Erlangen Germany Theatre |
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| 1977-9 |
Founder/director/writer/actor
of 'KABOODLE Theatre Co', London - toured UK, Italy, Germany,
Holland, Greece
Worked on pre-production of GRAYSTOKE with Warner Brothers - received education in specialist movement ttraining for chimpanzee acting. |
Kaboodle's
LAST SUPPER at the premier in Firenze |
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| 1974-7 |
Director /
actor of 'SALAKTA BALLOON BAND', London. |
Clowning
with Salakta Balloon Band against the Covent Garden Developement
1973 |
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| 1973 |
Project
leader/tutor of the Summer School for Radical Theatre, Oval House
London (including events at Serpentine Gallery, London). |
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| 1972 |
Company/stage
manager/actor of FREEHOLD THEATRE, London: the 'Beowulf'
tour and 'Koolyghin' in 'The Three Sisters' (Checkov), directed
by Nancy Meckler.
Performed
'RIFFRAFF' with John Bolton -a late night show at the EDINBURGH
Festival.
Performer
with 'RITUAL THEATRE', (UK) on European tour. |
Riffraff show with john Bolton at Edinbuirgh Festival 1973 |
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| 1971 |
Gained
Teaching Certificate from Moray House College Edinburgh |
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| 1969 |
Attained
degree in B.Sc. (Social Science) Edinburgh University |
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| 1954-66 |
Attended
Royal High School, Edinburgh , Scotland
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award winner |
8 years old
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| 1948 |
Born
in Leith, Scotland |
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Johnny
has appeared at theatre festivals in Adelaide, Amsterdam, Athens,
Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London, Montreal,
Nancy, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Zurich and many others......
.....and
at film festivals in Cannes, Prague, Cairo, Locarno and Bellinzona.
Has been featured in numerous television programs in the USA, Japan,
and all over Europe.
He
has led workshops and mounted projects in all the above places (and
more!) with professional actors, with various amateur groups, with
youth groups, with prisoners and probation officers,, with pensioners,
with kids, with hospital patients and hospital staff .
SPECIALS
: Director, character actor, clown, mime, singer, chimpanzee,
expert; alto sax/trumpet...... horse riding, driving, acrobatics, falls,
fights (aikido trained) various circus skills.
LANGUAGES
: English (all dialects), French, Italian, German, Spanish can
communicate in Danish and Swedish, learning Dutch. |
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