John Moore
Co-Founder of Grade One Entertainment
Screenwriter, Principle Actor and Executive Producer of the film
"By No Other Name"

Height:  6'
Weight:  180
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Dark Green

John Moore has been acting and writing since before he was in his teens.  Trying for a style of storytelling which both stays true to established and popular genres as well as pushes the boundaries of those very same molds, he is never satisfied to simply repeat what has been done before.  He is always looking for new twists and new tales in an effort to both surprise and retain audiences in the types of films and fiction stories that have been popular for decades. In addition to screenplays, he has written three novels and dozens of short stories. In the fall of 2002, the Independent Film "The Path of Fear", which John co-authored, won the Hometown Best Narrative Feature award at the Memphis Indie Film Festival.

John is also active in the theater where he has acted in both dramatic and comedic productions, such as Neil Simon's "Proposals", Agatha Christies's "Ten Little Indians", Eric Bogosian's "Talk Radio", and David Mamet's "Speed the Plow" and "American Buffalo".

Other notable shows in John's history include:  A.R. Gurney's "Far East" on the Theatre Memphis Lohrey stage, followed in October of the same year by Ira Levin's classic thriller "Deathtrap" in which John was featured as the sociopath playwright Clifford Anderson.  Following those productions, he performed in "Spinning Into Butter", a play by Rebecca Gilman on the subject of race relations at a New England College.  He followed that performance with a jump into the classic American play, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" and then the dramatically witty "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman, in which he played Richard "The Lionheart", a role made famous by Anthony Hopkins in the 1969 film of the same name.  His next production surprised many who knew him for deeply dramatic productions.  His portrayal of Max in the rousing farce "Lend Me a Tenor", garnered him much positive attention.

John's novels include:

PRESCIENT DREAMS
The story of a man who believes he is dreaming of his own approaching death, a fear enhanced by the discovery that his brother too had been having similar nightmares before he died.  Vivid images that worsen with each passing night, the dreams leave the protagonist with askew clues as to why his brother's death ever had to happen, and to how another threatens to follow its lead.  As he searches for answers, he must struggle to draw strength from his loved ones, his late brother's hidden life, and from within his own tormented mind. What he discovers brings him to terms with himself as well as the lifelong conflicts he and his brother had shared.
   - 111,775 words -

THE ARCHEDELMORE
A tale of greed and escape, set aboard a sailing ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the early 1600s. Utilizing a woven fabric of both First and Third person, this novel offers a wide range of characters, emotions and action as the passengers face both fears and penalties of the past and of the future, discovering how internal worries can become external concerns when many of them suddenly begin dying off. But whether the deaths are stemming from a horrible disease or a hiding evil is the harshest fear of all.
   - 189,500 words -

EYES AND BEHOLDERS
The account of an exciting love, between a young woman just beginning to experience the world and a man who is reforming himself from his previously self-destructive ways. Always more introspective than her peers, her views become altered even further after a severe injury. She begins to see the world on a different level, looking not only deeper, but wider. Literally washed in the colors of others' thoughts and drives, she must survive the onslaught of emotions and fight to hang onto the new love as well as her rationality. "To see souls, he wondered of the possibility. One person's philosophical wonder is another person's philosophical nightmare." 
   - 237,465 words -

You can email John at: jdwisdom@midsouth.rr.com
or GradeOneEnt@aol.com