John Bassett
Producer / Writer / Director
LA based and originally from Chicago, John is a trusted, in-demand "soup to nuts" storyteller and production veteran, proud to be part of the Emmy-winning teams behind "Born This Way" for A&E, "United Shades of America" for CNN and the Webby-winning podcast "BEING Golden" for Lemonada Media. John was most recently the showrunner and director for the two TLC medical series’, “Bad Hair Day” and “Crack Addicts” and is currently in development on the sports doc-series “Jungle Crows” following an all girls rugby team from the slums of Kolkata, India. With nearly twenty years across all facets of TV, Film and Podcast production, John continues to search for the next great story to tell and lend his talents and experience to teams with the same work ethic, passion and creativity. Off the job, John loves Chicago sports, surfing, walking his dogs and making grilled cheese.