John Lundberg
John Lundberg is an artist and film maker. His film The Mythologist was broadcast on BBC4 in 2004. It won the 2004 Jerwood First Cuts Documentary Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest and was short-listed for the 2004 Grierson Awards in the Best Newcomer category. He is a graduate of the National Film & Television School.He has been covertly creating...
Show more »
John Lundberg is an artist and film maker. His film The Mythologist was broadcast on BBC4 in 2004. It won the 2004 Jerwood First Cuts Documentary Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest and was short-listed for the 2004 Grierson Awards in the Best Newcomer category. He is a graduate of the National Film & Television School.He has been covertly creating crop circles in the fields of England since the early 1990s and underpinning all of his work is an interest in how myth and artifice can shape and alter reality.His first feature length documentary Mirage Men about how the US Government have used mythology to cover up their advance technology had its world premiere at the 2013 Sheffield Doc/Fest and it's North American premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.His second feature length documentary Kaufman Lives is about the life, death and legend of Andy Kaufman. Show less «
[on the film 'Mirage Men'] We've always said it's not a film about UFOs. It's a film about storytelling really. And about how narratives can...Show more »
[on the film 'Mirage Men'] We've always said it's not a film about UFOs. It's a film about storytelling really. And about how narratives can be really powerful. And how narratives can be political. Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Well, they weren't there but it was a powerful enough narrative to start a war. Show less «
