John D. Moore

Film & Media Curriculum Vitae

Films as Director

Narrative feature film

• Legends of Minigolf: The Flamingo's Challenge (2009). Also co-writer (with Enoch Allred) and co-producer (with Shannon Fugal as producer and Enoch Allred as co-producer).

Narrative shorts

• "Terror Drives a Van" (shot 2007; completed 2018). Also co-writer (with Mark Andrus and Jon Fairbanks), actor, and editor.
• "Lenny and the Seel: Episode 1" (completed 2018; animated). Also co-writer (with WiL Whitlark), voice actor, and animator.
• "Scion Nights" (shot 2010; completed 2018). Also co-writer, camera, and editor.
• "Rickroll: the Movie" (2008). Co-director with Enoch Allred. Also camera and editor.
• "The Importance of Tolerance" (shot 2007; completed 2008). Also co-writer (with Enoch Allred, Mark Andrus, and Joseph Schlegel) and editor.
• "Red Rover" (2007). Also camera.
• "The Interconnection of Mr. Daily" (2007).
• "The Frog Prince" (2007; animated). Also writer, voice actor, and animator.
• "The Mustache" (2006). Also writer and editor.
• "The Great Sandwich Adventures (2005). Also editor.
• "Where Are My Keys?" (2005). Also co-writer, actor, and editor.
• "The Ecstasy of a Swashbuckler" (2004). Co-director with Enoch Allred. Also editor.
• "The Room" (2004). Co-director with Parick Svensson. Also co-writer, voice actor, and editor.
• "They Walk... AGAIN!" (2004). Also editor.
• "The Many Deaths of William" (2000; revised 2006). Also co-writer, camera, actor, and editor.

Other Narrative Film Credits

• "The Green Knight" (2008). Directed by Enoch Allred. Actor.
• "Victims of Rare Disease" (2006). Directed by Stephen Gashler. Actor and second unit camera.
• "Fair Maiden" (2005). Directed by Enoch Allred. Actor and editing consultant.
• "Keep Your Fork" (2005). Directed by Enoch Allred. Actor.
• "Hopscotch Hotshots" (2004). Directed by Patrick Svensson. Camera, actor, and editor.
• "Scoring Big" (2004). Directed by Patrick Svensson. Actor and editor.
• "The Lord of the Rings: EXPOSED" (2004). Camera and editor.

Documentary

• University of Utah: Global Experience (2014). Director and editor. Five-part short documentary series about study abroad, produced for University of Utah's Marriott Library.
• "矢先稲荷神社平成２５例大祭・Yasaki Inari Jinja 2013 Festival" (2013). Director and editor. Collaboration with Ueda Tetsuya. Produced at Waseda University.

Unproduced Feature-Length Screenplay

• Brigham Young: The Movie. Written with Enoch Allred.

Podcasts

• The Toscano Dialogues (2015). Producer, videographer, and editor for five-part video and audio podcast produced for Paul and Margaret Toscano.

Video Game Design

• Designer of over 90 games under the label Whatnot Studios released between 1997 and the present, including Explobers and Caverns of Khron.
• See video game C.V. at Whatnot Studios for more.

Education

• University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. MA in East Asian Languages & Literatures.
  • Thesis title: Inside the Boy Inside the Robot: Mobile Suit Gundam and Interiority.
• University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah. BA in Japanese Language and Literature; Asian Studies.
• Waseda University. Tokyo, Japan. One-year program at School of International Liberal Studies.

Web Experience

• Current webmaster and web designer of websites for Whatnot Studios (2017-), John D. Moore (2002-), Jots on Dots: Thoughts on Digital Games (2018-), Bombdotcom Productions (2004-), and Legends of Minigolf: The Flamingo’s Challenge (2008-).
• Past webmaster and web designer of The Movie Baron (2004-2005).

Work Experience

• 2019 to present. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. Publicist.
• 2017 to present. Freelance proofreader for academic writing. Including role as regular proofreader for The U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal since Fall 2017.
• 2017 to 2019. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland. Library specialist.
• 2014 to 2017. University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. Graduate Teaching Fellow.
• 2013. Leaf Cup. Tokyo, Japan. Chat host, private English instructor, substitute group lesson teacher.
• 2006 to 2012. The Law Office of Paul Toscano, P.C. Salt Lake City, Utah. Legal assistant.