| John Wellington Ennis | |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other Names: | John Ennis |
| Known For: | Documentary films, Blogging |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker, activist, blogger |
John Wellington Ennis (born February 21, 1973, in Los Angeles, California) is an American filmmaker, activist,[1] and blogger.[2] In 2004, he directed a film starring Amy Poehler and the Upright Citizens Brigade titled Wild Girls Gone.[3] He is the co-founder of Video the Vote, a non-partisan group interested in documenting problems at U.S. polls. Ennis and Video the Vote co-created Free for All, a 2008 documentary about fraud in U.S. elections.[4] [5] He is also the founder of Shoot First, Inc., a film production company.[6] His latest film is Pay 2 Play: Democracy's High Stakes, a feature-length documentary about the corrupting influence of money in our political system, featuring Robert Reich, Lawrence Lessig, John Nichols, Marianne Williamson and more...
Ennis has produced and developed reality television for FremantleMedia, RDF Media, and Nash Entertainment, and his work has been seen on NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, TLC, BBC, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Ennis’s New York City Toolz of the New School was a cult hit in the late 1990s. Ennis has produced many musical documentary, with many of today’s artists, such as Weezer, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, John Mayer, Jane’s Addiction, Ne-Yo, Sarah McLachlan, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Audioslave and others.[7]
| Year | Film | Credited as | ||||||
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| 1999 | X-in Concert | Television | ||||||
| 2000 | The Cindy Margolis Show | Television | ||||||
| 2002 | Meet My Folks | Television | ||||||
| 2002 | Moist Book | |||||||
| 2002 | Get Lucky Lampshades | |||||||
| 2003 | Faking It | Television | ||||||
| 2003 | The Masked Champion IV | |||||||
| 2003 | The Test | |||||||
| 2003 | The Eligible Gentleman | |||||||
| 2004 | The Complex: Malibu | Television | ||||||
| 2004 | The Sensual Lover of Bindalele | |||||||
| 2005 | Next Big Thing: The 2 Skinnee J's Farewell Show | |||||||
| multiple | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Television | ||||||
| 2006 | Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety | |||||||
| 2006 | Madison Rose | Television | ||||||
| 2007 | Wild Girls Gone | |||||||
| 2008 | The Writers Room | |||||||
| 2008 | Free For All | |||||||
| 2014 | Pay 2 Play: Democracy's High Stakes | |||||||