John Travers/EDITOR

BIOGRAPHY

   Born in New Orleans, John Travers is the son of novelist Robert Travers and half-brother of Mary Travers (of legendary folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary).

Raised in Westport, Connecticut, John began making animated films at the age of eleven. His professional career began during high school, working as a production assistant for "Friday the 13th" director Sean S. Cunningham --then later as 2nd Assistant Cameraman for 20th Century Fox and producer Martin Ransohoff on the Anthony Hopkins/Shirley MacClaine/Bo Derek comedy, "A Change of Seasons."

   While a cinema major at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, John became one of three national finalists for the American Cinema Editors' Student "Eddie" award. Flown to Los Angeles, he was awarded the First Place trophy, beating out such highly regarded film schools as U.S.C. He later went on to win the highly coveted national first-place Student Academy Award for his 45-minute thesis film, "Jenny."

Relocating to Los Angeles, John began his editing career at Cannon Films and Roger Corman's New Horizons Pictures Corp., where he assisted future Academy Award-winning editor Zach Staenberg ("The Matrix"). With co-writer Alice Horrigan, John became a Nicholl Fellowhips in Screenwriting finalist for the feature screenplay, "Conversations in Public Places" -- one of eight scripts selected from nearly 3000 submitted. He later directed "Conversations," released on Cinemax and home video as "Deep Down," starring George Segal, Tanya Roberts and James Farentino.       

With experience worked in both production and post-production fields, John focuses primarily on film editing, specializing in re-cuts and film finishing (his re-cuts for Sasha Stallone and John Coven have received awards and film festival recognition).

He has worked on motion pictures such as Renny Harlin's "A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master," Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness," Jeff Burr's "Straight Into Darkness," and film and television projects featuring Burt Reynolds, Tony Curtis, John Travolta, Robert Forster, Rod Steiger, Jon Voight, Charles Durning, Kate Winslet, Ben Vereen, Jeffrey Tambor, Jan-Michael Vincent, Karen Black, Jenny Agutter, Robert Loggia, Shirley Jones, George Kennedy, Timothy Bottoms, Paul Le Mat, Eric Roberts, Fred Williamson, Ray Winstone, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Tilly, Martin Mull, Henry Winkler, Raquel Welch, Sally Kellerman and Rosanna Arquette, among others; producers and directors including John Milius, Robert Downey Sr., Randall Kleiser, Michael Tolkin, Bob Rafelson, Sean S. Cunningham, Wes Craven, Steve Miner, Tony Palmer, Jonathan Krane, Gerald Wenner, George Braunstein, Herbert L. Strock, Bill Buckley, Tracy Sugarman and William Jersey among others; and musical performers such as Madonna, Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, Graham Nash, Smokey Robinson, Susanna Hoffs, Bill Haley's Comets, Jennifer Stills, Grace Slick, Eric Burdon, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Donovan, Dieter Meier, Howlin' Maggie, the Spencer Davis Group, Badfinger, and the Strawberry Alarm Clock.

  Recent film and television credits include: the Malcolm Mowbray comedy "Meeting Spencer;" the Lions Gate science fiction thriller,"GameBox 1.0;" reality TV pilots "Turning 21" and "Billionaires Car Club," hosted by Andrew Firestone; short films for the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute; commercials for the E! Channel and Style Networks; an independent documentary on Latin America's New Song movement "The Power of Their Song"); a feature documentary on the Beatles ("A Year in the Life"); and a 10-part documentary series for Time-Warner,"Singing and Dancing: The History of the Hollywood Movie Musical."