John Porter has been a filmmaker, performer, photographer and writer in Toronto since 1968. Often called "the king of super 8" (among other names), he has made 300 films, mostly super 8, and has performed 70 solo shows internationally. John studied photography and 16mm film production at Ryerson University and has taught many super 8 workshops and spoken in many university film classes. He taught his first super 8 and 16mm Film Workshop credit course in Summer 2005, at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.
His on-going community activism includes photographing and writing about local underground film activity, advocating super 8 film and $50 film budgets, and resisting the dominance of the film industry, the Ontario Film Review Board, and video. He resisted email and the internet until 2005, when he miraculously won an iPod in the member's draw at Images 2005.
Image from:
Images 89 (programming panel) at the Euclid Theatre
Left-right: Ihor Holubizky, Tom Waugh, Cameron Bailey (moderator), Frances Leeming, Sara Diamond and Peggy Gale. Photo by John Porter
