John Porter

Biography

John Porter has been a filmmaker, performer, photographer and writer in Toronto since 1968. He has made 300 films, mostly super 8, and performed 100 solo shows internationally. He studied Film and Photography at Ryerson University, has received several government arts grants, taught many filmmaking workshops, and spoken in many university film classes. He has been actively involved with several artist-run centres in Toronto since 1978, including serving many years on Boards of Directors, such a…