John Chester

John Chester

director, producer, additional crew

John Chester was born on Aug 03, 1971 in USA. John Chester's big-screen debut came with The Stöned Age directed by James Melkonian in 1994. John Chester is known for The Biggest Little Farm directed by John Chester, John Chester stars as Self and Molly Chester as Self. John Chester has got 19 awards and 14 nominations so far. The most recent award John Chester achieved is Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US. The upcoming new movie John Chester plays is The Biggest Little Farm which will be released on May 10, 2019.

Emmy-winning director John Chester has been a filmmaker and television director for the last 25 years. His recent short films for OWN's Super Soul Sunday (including Saving Emma, Worry for Maggie and The Orphan) have won five Emmy Awards, for outstanding directing, writing, and cinematography, among others. Chester first reached a wide audience with his primetime television docu-series on A&E, Random 1, which he directed and starred in in 2006. The series then inspired his feature documentary Lost in Woonsocket, which premiered at SXSW in 2007. Chester also directed the documentary Rock Prophecies, about legendary rock photographer Robert Knight, which won three audience awards for best documentary feature and was distributed nationally on PBS in 2010.His latest project The Biggest Little Farm, is a feature-length film that chronicles the epic 8-year story of Apricot Lane Farms, the regenerative farm he and his wife Molly started in 2011. The film premiered at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival and 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and releases May 2019 in theaters nationwide. In 2018, Chester also landed a 3-year book deal with acclaimed publisher Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan for a spin-off children's book series featuring characters from the film, of which the first installment Saving Emma the Pig will be released Spring 2019.

  • Birthday

    Aug 03, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    USA

Known For

Awards

19 wins & 14 nominations

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2020
The Biggest Little Farm (2018)
Winner - Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Boulder International Film Festival
2019
Feature Length Film $10,000
Winner - Grand Prize
2019
Best Feature Documentary
Winner - Grand Prize
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