John Bolton
John Bolton is an award-winning filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada, and the founder & chief creative officer of Opus 59 Films, a boutique storytelling enterprise focused on adapting, and making films about, extraordinary works of music, literature and art. He brings a very particular erudition and sensibility to Opus 59 Films’ diverse portfolio of projects.
John is best known for "Aim For The Rose" (for Blue Ice Docs and Monoduo Films, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council), about Canadian musician Mark Haney and Canadian daredevil Ken Carter. Exclaim! Magazine called it “enthralling and thought provoking”, the Globe and Mail called it “audacious and outrageous” and POV Magazine called it “bizarre, ambitious and ridiculously entertaining” and “the wildest, craziest, smartest doc in years”. "Aim For The Roses" had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto, was the opening night film at DOXA in Vancouver, played in festivals around the world, had its broadcast premiere on CBC / Documentary Channel, and was nominated for 5 Leo Awards and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award. It’s available on Apple TV in Canada and Vimeo On Demand worldwide.
John recently produced and directed the documentary " The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ ", about an extraordinary friendship between two singers & teachers - Heather Pawsey of Astrolabe Musik Theatre, and Delphine Derickson of Westbank First Nation - and the groundbreaking cross-cultural collaboration in which they decolonized a historic Canadian opera by incorporating syilx / Okanagan perspectives. It had its world premiere at FIFA in Montreal. The Georgia Straight called it “remarkable, heartfelt and memorable” and the National Observer called it “fascinating” and said that “it’s hard to imagine if there can be many other films like it”.
John also recently produced Teresa Alfeld’s documentary "Doug And The Slugs & Me" (for CBC / Documentary Channel), a POV documentary following Teresa’s journey uncovering the story of her childhood best friend’s dad, Doug Bennett, leader of the legendary 1980s Canadian band Doug and the Slugs. It had its world premiere at DOXA in Vancouver, where it was the closing night film. The Globe and Mail called it “an atypical rock doc” and said that “the film has a soul”, POV Magazine called it “fun, fast and personal” and TV Eh? called it “wonderfully moving”.
John is best known for "Aim For The Rose" (for Blue Ice Docs and Monoduo Films, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council), about Canadian musician Mark Haney and Canadian daredevil Ken Carter. Exclaim! Magazine called it “enthralling and thought provoking”, the Globe and Mail called it “audacious and outrageous” and POV Magazine called it “bizarre, ambitious and ridiculously entertaining” and “the wildest, craziest, smartest doc in years”. "Aim For The Roses" had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto, was the opening night film at DOXA in Vancouver, played in festivals around the world, had its broadcast premiere on CBC / Documentary Channel, and was nominated for 5 Leo Awards and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award. It’s available on Apple TV in Canada and Vimeo On Demand worldwide.
John recently produced and directed the documentary " The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ ", about an extraordinary friendship between two singers & teachers - Heather Pawsey of Astrolabe Musik Theatre, and Delphine Derickson of Westbank First Nation - and the groundbreaking cross-cultural collaboration in which they decolonized a historic Canadian opera by incorporating syilx / Okanagan perspectives. It had its world premiere at FIFA in Montreal. The Georgia Straight called it “remarkable, heartfelt and memorable” and the National Observer called it “fascinating” and said that “it’s hard to imagine if there can be many other films like it”.
John also recently produced Teresa Alfeld’s documentary "Doug And The Slugs & Me" (for CBC / Documentary Channel), a POV documentary following Teresa’s journey uncovering the story of her childhood best friend’s dad, Doug Bennett, leader of the legendary 1980s Canadian band Doug and the Slugs. It had its world premiere at DOXA in Vancouver, where it was the closing night film. The Globe and Mail called it “an atypical rock doc” and said that “the film has a soul”, POV Magazine called it “fun, fast and personal” and TV Eh? called it “wonderfully moving”.
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