John Beck Hofmann (born March 27, 1969) is an American director, cinematographer, composer and actor. He is sometimes credited as John Beck.

Background

John Beck-Hofmann was born in

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, and moved to Pasadena, California in 1991. He currently lives in

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Early career

In addition to his cinematic contributions for multiple television programs on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Discovery Channel, Science Channel and National Geographic, he has served as stage manager for Geraldo Rivera from 1999 - 2003 for both

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and

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networks as well as for other CNBC/FOX hosts such as Chris Matthews and

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Current work

He currently serves as a director of photography for

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. His work has appeared in the IMAX feature film '' Roving Mars'', James Cameron's "

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", and '' NOVA
"Mars: Dead or Alive?"

"Welcome to Mars"
His more recent cinematography work can be seen in the National Geographic progra
"Five Years on Mars"
which won an Emmy in 2009 for outstanding science and technology programming. His 1999 documentary on the

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Mission, "The Pathfinders", won a Gold Plaque award at the

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by Intercom. Beck-Hofmann is currently producing and directing several documentaries for NASA/JPL. His current video series project called "The Martians", is a web series, following people from around the world, who work on activities related to our journey to Mars. "The Martians" can be seen at
The Martians
Hofmann has also published a number of videos in hi
Youtube page
including
7 Minutes of Terror
, which describes the atmospheric entry, descent and landing of the

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rover, scheduled for August 2012, and features several engineers from NASA's

involved in the MSL project. Beck-Hofmann's dramatic television work includes conspiracy thriller ''Tyranny'', which plays on Koldcast and Tyranny.tv. ''Tyranny'' was accepted as part of the official selection of the

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in 2010. ''Tyranny'' also received four nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller. Beck-Hofmann produced controversial conspiracy documentar
"Maidan massacre"
(2014) about the protests in Ukraine, Euromaidan.on Imdb.com
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Music

Beck-Hofmann has played in several bands: SnoGlobe (1994–1996) and Terminal-3 (1999–2001). He has also created music used in multiple television shows, such as FX's "

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", MTV's " The Real World", Travel Channel's "Eye of the Beholder" and multiple NASA documentaries. He composed the original score for the ongoing conspiracy thrille
''Tyranny the Series''
Beck-Hofmann currently lives in Hollywood, California.

References

External links

* Homepage: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofmann, John Beck Hofmann, John Beck Azusa Pacific University alumni 1969 births Living people