John Neely began working in film and video as an undergrad, producing his thesis film about Providence, Rhode Island's changing alternative rock scene. Beginning in 1996, John worked as a consultant, designer and art director in the web industry for clients ranging from the rock band Garbage to Salon.com.

Bermuda.edu
Digital video
25 min.

Adam Burgess and John Neely have partnered to direct a film about a unique program on the island of Bermuda that is bringing a state of the art technology curriculum to the island's public schools. While the teachers and students are the story's main characters, the film addresses issues around globalization as they affect a small and paradoxical island society.

Curve Ball
16mm film, color
6.5 min.

Curve Ball tells the story of the filmmaker's brother Mark who was diagnosed with schizophrenia 3 years ago, and is still coming to grips with the personal implications of mental illness.

Blip on the Screen
Co-directed by John Neely and Michelle Cabalu
Digital Video
10 min.

In March of 2000, San Francisco's .COM culture was flying high. Hipster 20-somethings hit the nightly circuit of startup launch parties, and Stanford entrepreneurs burned through millions in venture capital in an effort to score the next billion-dollar IPO... A year later, the .COM industry is in shambles, the party circuit is dead, and the tech-heavy NASDAQ has lost over 4 trillion dollars in value. "Blip on the Screen" is a short film that examines the personal effects of the crash on the people who rode the boom for all it was worth, and a postmortem of one of the world's most spectacular bubble economies.

Pacific Rims
16mm, black and white
5 minutes

Pacific Rims is a film about the "Import Scene," a California-based automotive scene that originated among Asian Americans. Import Scene enthusiasts drive some of the sharpest, most creatively modified vehicles on the street, and Pacific Rims tells their story with a combination of candor and offbeat humor.