Films by Filmmaker

John Kane

John Kane is a San Francisco-based documentary filmmaker working as a freelance editor, producer, and cinematographer. John has focused on subjects ranging from veterans returning from the Iraq war, to young undocumented immigrants, to the religion Santería. Left in Baghdad, a film he co-directed, was broadcast nationally on the PBS series "Independent Lens" in 2008. John’s other films include Orishas Are Our Saints, which screened at Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival and at the IFC Center in New York. 

More recently, John edited "The Most Distant Places" -- a film about doctors working in remote areas of Ecuador -- for director Mike Seely. He also co-edited "The Caminata" for director Jamie Meltzer and was assistant editor on "Explorer: Inside Guantanamo" for National Geographic Channel/Actual Films. In addition, John has taught filmmaking at the Art Institute of California -- San Francisco and Academy of Art University.

John lived and worked in Mexico City for two years and speaks fluent Spanish. He holds a BA in English literature from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University.