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John Chester is an American filmmaker and television director.
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John Chester is an American filmmaker and television director.
Chester grew up in Ocean City, Maryland, and graduated graduated in 1990 from Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland). [1]
Chester's first primetime television docu-series aired on A&E, Random 1, which he directed and starred in in 2006. The series inspired his feature documentary Lost in Woonsocket which premiered at SXSW in 2007.[ citation needed ] Chester also directed the documentary Rock Prophecies, about the rock photographer Robert Knight.
His project The Biggest Little Farm is a feature-length film that chronicles the 7-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 [2] and Toronto International Film Festival and 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and releases May 2019 in theaters nationwide.[ citation needed ] In 2018, Chester began a 3-year book deal with 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 was scheduled for release in 2019 [3] and listed on Amazon.Com as a Hardcover publication for May 14, 2019.
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