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Searching for Paradise (2002) -- A young woman, coping with the death of her father, embarks on a quest to meet a Hollywood star with whom she has become obsessed.
Reel Paradise (2005) -- Former indie film "guru" John Pierson takes his family to Fiji for one year to run the world's most remote movie theater.

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Awards:
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Alternate Names:
John 'My Hero' Pierson | Pierson

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Actor, Writer, Thanks, Self
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Blair Witch Project (1999) (phase one instigator)
  2. American Job (1996) (producer's representative)
  3. Crumb (1994) (producer's representative)
  4. Go Fish (1994) (producer's representative)
  5. Clerks. (1994) (czar of representation)
    ... aka Clerks X: Tenth Anniversary Edition (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka cLeRKs (USA: poster title)
  6. My Life's in Turnaround (1993) (producer's representative)
  7. Slacker (1991) (producer's representative) (uncredited)
    ... aka Richard Linklater's Slacker (USA: complete title)

  8. Roger & Me (1989) (producer's representative)
    ... aka A Humorous Look at How General Motors Destroyed Flint, Michigan (USA: subtitle)
  9. The Thin Blue Line (1988) (producer's representative) (uncredited)
  10. She's Gotta Have It (1986) (producer's representative)
  11. Working Girls (1986) (producer's representative)
  12. Parting Glances (1986) (producer's representative)
Producer:
  1. Reel Paradise (2005) (executive producer)
  2. Back Home Years Ago: The Real Casino (2000) (V) (co-executive producer)

  3. "Split Screen" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1999)
        - Reverse Speech (1999) TV episode (executive producer)
  4. How's Your News? (1999) (executive producer)
  5. Chasing Amy (1997) (executive producer)
  6. Lie Down with Dogs (1995) (executive producer)
Actor:
  1. The Cassidy Kids (2006) .... Newspaper Reporter
  2. Searching for Paradise (2002) .... Jim Johnson
Writer:
  1. "Split Screen" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
Thanks:
  1. Bend & Break (2008) (special thanks)
  2. I Am Nick Robinson (2007) (special thanks)
  3. Junior! The Wendy's Guy (2006) (special thanks)
  4. Room 314 (2006/II) (special thanks)
  5. Kissing on the Mouth (2005) (special thanks)
  6. Love Math (2005) (special thanks)
  7. Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001) (thanks: USA)

  8. Living with Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100 (1999) (special thanks)
  9. The Blair Witch Project (1999) (special thanks)
  10. Chasing Amy (1997) (thanks)
  11. The Daytrippers (1996) (thanks: production team)
    ... aka En route vers Manhattan (Canada: French title)
  12. Mallrats (1995) (the director would like to thank: for keeping me pure) (as Pierson)
  13. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994) (thanks)
  14. Clerks. (1994) (special thanks: for having second thoughts) (as John 'My Hero' Pierson)
    ... aka Clerks X: Tenth Anniversary Edition (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka cLeRKs (USA: poster title)
  15. Swoon (1992) (special thanks)
  16. Slacker (1991) (special thanks)
    ... aka Richard Linklater's Slacker (USA: complete title)
Self:
  1. Manufacturing Dissent (2007) .... Himself
    ... aka Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (International: English title)
  2. The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005) .... Himself
  3. Reel Paradise (2005) .... Himself
  4. Snowball Effect: The Story of 'Clerks' (2004) (V) .... Himself
  5. Indie Sex: Taboos (2001) (TV) .... Himself

  6. "Split Screen" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1997-2000)
        - Episode #4.39 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
        - Reverse Speech (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  7. "I'll Make Me a World" (1999) TV mini-series .... Himself
    ... aka A Century of African-American Art (USA: subtitle)
  8. Divine Trash (1998) .... Himself
  9. Independent's Day (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  10. "Lauren Hutton and..." .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
        - John Pierson (1996) TV episode .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Author of "Spike Mike Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema" (Hyperion Miramax Books, 1996) ISBN 0786861894 more

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