John Garbett (born c. 1953) is an American film producer from

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Career

He was the producer of ''

The Other Side of Heaven ''The Other Side of Heaven'' is a 2001 American adventure drama film written and directed by Mitch Davis, based on John H. Groberg's autobiography ''In the Eye of the Storm''. The film stars Christopher Gorham as John Groberg and Anne Hathaway ...

'' (along with

Gerald R. Molen Gerald Robert "Jerry" Molen (born January 6, 1935) is an American film producer and actor. He has worked closely with Steven Spielberg, having produced five of his films, and won an Academy Award for co-producing ''Schindler's List''. In 2019, M ...

) and also of ''

The Legend of Johnny Lingo ''The Legend of Johnny Lingo'' is a 2003 film set in Polynesia and directed by Steven Ramirez. It is an extension of the 1969 short film ''Johnny Lingo'' that is based on a story by Patricia McGerr. Plot An orphan boy named Tama is adopted by a ...

'' (2003), for which he also wrote the screenplay. This was loosely based on the screenplay his mother-in-law, Claire Whitaker Peterson, wrote for the film ''

Johnny Lingo ''Johnny Lingo'' is a 1969 short film directed by Wetzel O. Whitaker. The film and later remake are based on a short story by Patricia McGerr, originally published in a 1965 issue of ''Woman's Day''. The 24-minute film was produced by Brigham Youn ...

.'' He was also involved in the early stages of the production of ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenso ...

'' but then left to pursue other projects.

Personal life

Garbett is a member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

. Since 2007 has been a media executive producer and creative director for the church.http://www.linkedin.com/in/johngarbett

Sources

* * Latter Day Saints from Utah American film producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1953 births {{Film-bio-stub