While in film school at Regent University in Virginia, John wrote and directed the award-winning comedy Lovestruck, which won the Judges Award from Vanderbilt’s film festival, an Academy Award for Student Films Mid-Atlantic Region, and was an Official Entry at the Virginia Film Festival and the Chicago Film Festival. Originally created for the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism in Cape Town, South Africa, it continues to air on TV overseas. John wrote and edited the documentary Turning Points, a sweeping overview of church history. The film is regularly aired on TV in China, Brazil and many other countries. His first feature film Best Man in Grass Creek won a number of awards, including the Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival, Best Comedy from the Flagstaff Film festival, Best Comedy from the Santa Clarita Film Festival, and was an official entry in film festivals around the world, including the Montreal Film Festival and Cairo Film Festival. Other award-winning historical documentaries include Winnetka Story, Indian Hill Club, and Rancho La Canada. John’s historical documentary, Kenilworth: The Suburban Ideal, won top honors from the Illinois Association of Museums. Prior to creating his own comic strip with editorial cartoonist John Deering, John wrote for Archie Comics, Inc., working with famed comic book artist Dan De Carlo. Launched in 2003, Zack Hill appears in over 75 newspapers and can be viewed on websites such as. John also writes and storyboards the nationally syndicated comic strip Zack Hill. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has written and directed both narrative and documentary films, edited innumerable videos, and written a number of screenplays. John Newcombe is an award-winning writer, director and editor based in Los Angeles.
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