John Newcombe is an independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Born in Chicago, he attended the Goodman School of Drama for three years before earning a BA in Theater from De Paul University. While earning an MA from Regent University, he made the award-winning short film LOVESTRUCK, a tribute to silent comedian Harold Lloyd. Lovestruck won the Academy Award for Student Films Mid-Atlantic Region, Judges Award at Vanderbilt's Sinking Creek Film Festival and was an Official Entry in a number of festivals including the Virginia Film Festival and the Chicago Film Festival. After moving to Los Angeles he made the critically-acclaimed, award-winning film Best Man in Grass Creek, winner of Heartland's Crystal Heart Award, Best Comedy at the Flagstaff Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Santa Clarita Film Festival. The film was an Official Entry at over ten film festivals including Montreal Film Festival, Quebec Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa Film Festival and Cairo Film Festival, Egypt. Best Man in Grass Creek is repeatedly aired on TV overseas, from Brazil to China. In recent years, John has been made a number of award-winning documentaries. He also makes promotional films, specialty documentaries and biographies. John has also been writing screenplays as well as writing and storyboarding comic strips for over 20 years.