DER Filmmaker

John Bishop

John Bishop is a producer, free-lance cameraman, editor, archivist, and author. He has filmed in Africa, the Himalayas, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and most of the United States. The subjects of his films include computer technology, rock video, monkey play, contemporary jazz, Tibetan ritual, modern drama, and traditional American craft and performance. He is a contract archivist with the Human Studies Film Archive at the Smithsonian Institution and with DER in the preservation and use of archival materials.

Films Available at DER
Himalayan Herders
Hosay Trinidad
John Bishop Short Films
Last Window
New England Fiddles- New England Dances
Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me
Oss Tales
Rhesus Play
Rhythms of Earth (Alan Lomax & Forestine Paulay)
Seasons of Migration
YoYo Man

Related Links
Filmmaker Site
Folkstreams