John Bolton

Directing

Biography

John Bolton is an award-winning filmmaker from Vancouver / xʷməθkʷəy̓əm / Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw / səlilwətaɬ, and the founder & chief creative officer of Opus 59 Films, a sui generis storytelling endeavour 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’ array of projects. John is best known for AIM FOR THE ROSES (for Blue Ice Docs and Monoduo Films), about Canadian musician Mark Haney and Canadian daredevil Ken Carter. It had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto, was the…