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John Paul Rice More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

11 September 1978, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Height

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Mini Biography

John Paul Rice was born the youngest of four children, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1978. His family moved to Alpharetta, Georgia (just north of Atlanta) and built a home there in 1980. After his parents' divorce, his mother moved him to Louisville, Kentucky where he began performing theatre at the age of 7. The summer following his sophomore year of high school, John moved back to Atlanta where he finished high school and attended Georgia State University to pursue a degree in International Business. In 1999, while at college, Rice was given a rare opportunity to work on Jerry Bruckheimer's Remember the Titans (2000). Following three months on the film, John directed his studies toward learning the history of cinema. He gained hands-on production experience by working on a handful of micro-budget independent films between courses before moving to Los Angeles January 2001 to pursue a career in film production.

By mid 2001, John landed a position at the Los Angeles division of the German distribution company Senator International (which later became Mandate Pictures) led by industry veteran Joseph Drake. Under Joe's mentoring, John developed an interest and dedication to producing feature films. John left Mandate in the fall of 2005 to form No Restrictions Entertainment LLC with filmmaker Edgar Michael Bravo.

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