John Klein
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Biography
John Klein is an American film cinematographer, director and producer based in Chicago, Illinois. He holds a BA in Film and Television from the University of Notre Dame. He is the founder and a producer for Glass City Films.
Known For

A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron within the community.
Teacher

Erin Logan has lived with and cared for her non-verbal brother with autism, Jacob, for seven years since the death of their mother. After she stumbles into a chance for love and friendship, she is forced to confront whether she can continue to care for her brother and have a chance at her own dreams at the same time. Director David Midell, an autism therapist, takes care to portray the lives of families with autism with authenticity, dignity, and love in this heartwarming story.
NightLights

A newly unemployed father, struggling with being a stay-at-home dad, begins to hear terrifying noises from the baby monitor while his wife is away for the weekend. Can he and his son survive the night?
Cry It Out

Joshua and Penelope are survivors of a deadly infection that laid waste to humanity 25 years ago. When they encounter fellow survivor Abira, their lives are forever changed as they fight off the remnants of the infected.
Chrysalis

Upon hearing that his ex-girlfriend is now engaged, an amateur pornographer finds himself torn between memories from his past and the fresh new applicant sitting before him.
Breathing Through Trees

When a big mistake leaves an altruistic law-school grad desperate for a job, he must descend, like Dante, into the Inferno: a uniquely unethical firm of divorce lawyers. In this black comedy, the main character's fundamental resolve to do the right thing collides with the tragicomic absurdity of corrupt or incompetent attorneys, damaged, unbalanced clients, and a catastrophically broken family-law system. Pilot Synopsis: Tommy Laudadio, an altruistic law-school grad paying a steep price for a big mistake, is beyond desperate for a job. At an interview with a divorce firm he observes the owner and his henchman bullying and cheating clients; while trying to help the clients Tommy comes face to face with tragicomic absurdity of the entire family-law system. This might be Tommy's last chance to save his future-but it's clear he will have to sacrifice every principle he lives by if he wants to grab it.
Inferno

Jamie is a young woman living in rural Indiana struggling to figure out her place and identity. When she inadvertently stumbles across a frequency on her ham radio and makes contact with astronaut Noa currently orbiting Earth, the two women are presented with the opportunity to find meaningful connection, even while worlds apart.
Static Space

Chaos ensues when retired parents announce their divorce to their three thirty-something children, and over one dramatic weekend the family must grapple with their changing relationships and identities.
Never Not Yours

A math professor, rejected over and over again for publication, finds herself supplanted by her genius-level teaching assistant, and resorts to drastic measures to re-assert her authority.
The Solution

Departing from their previous sound and ushering in a new era of folk-influenced melodies, Panic! at the Disco presents a concert film documenting their performances in Chicago, Illinois during the tour for their sophomore album 'Pretty. Odd.' in 2008.
Panic! At The Disco: ...Live In Chicago

To process the death of his wife, a grieving husband embarks on a road trip with his daughter to the place where it all began, the place where he and his wife fell in love.
Rear View

Beautiful restaurant. Beautiful people. And a monster. During a lovely dinner, the conversation turns from babies to rats to the horrific surprise under the table. If Stanley Kubrick made a monster movie, it would look something like this...
Under the Table

An isolated, anxious film projectionist becomes obsessed with a stranger, and falls headfirst into a terrifying fantasy.
Limerence
A young male escort falls for the "girl next door", only to find himself caught between two colliding worlds.