John Chester is an Emmy award-winning

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and

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. His recent short films for OWN's Super Soul Sunday (including ''Saving Emma'', ''Worry for Maggie'' and ''The Orphan'') have won five

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s, for outstanding directing, writing, and cinematography, among others. Chester's first primetime television docu-series aired on A&E, ''Random 1'', which he directed and starred in in 2006. The series inspired his feature documentary ''

Lost in Woonsocket ''Lost in Woonsocket'' is a documentary feature film directed by John Chester. It stars Chester and Andre Miller, co-creators of the ''A&E Network'' documentary series '' Random 1'', from which the film draws much of its content. It concerns M ...

'' which premiered at

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in 2007. Chester also directed the documentary ''Rock Prophecies'', about the rock photographer Robert Knight, which won three audience awards for best documentary feature and was distributed nationally on PBS in 2010. His project '' The Biggest Little Farm'' is a feature-length film that chronicles the 7-year story of Apricot Lane Farms, the regenerative farm he and his wife Molly started in 2011. The film premiered at the 2018

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and

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and 2019

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, and releases May 2019 in theaters nationwide. In 2018, Chester began a 3-year book deal with publisher Feiwel & Friends/ Macmillan for a spin-off children's book series featuring characters from the film, of which the first installment ''Saving Emma the Pig'' was scheduled for release in 2019 and listed on Amazon.Com as a Hardcover publication for May 14, 2019.

Filmography

* 2018 The Biggest Little Farm - Director, writer, producer, himself. * Super Soul Sunday - Director. Shorts *

Rock Prophecies ''Rock Prophecies'' is a 2009 documentary film concerning rock photographer Robert M. Knight. It was directed by John Chester (''Lost In Woonsocket'', A&E's ''Random 1'') and produced by Tim Kaiser (''Seinfeld'', ''Will and Grace''). Synopsis Th ...

- Director. *

Random 1 ''Random 1'' is a documentary-style reality television series that aired from November 2005 to January 2006 on the A&E cable network. In each episode, hosts John Chester and Andre Miller travel from town to town, in Miller's real-life, rickety pi ...

- Director. *

- Director. * Jockeys - Director. * Bait Car - Director.

Awards

* 2018 Emmy Award Special Class – Outstanding Writing "The Orphan" *92nd Oscars Shortlist - Documentary Feature

References

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