John stoneman biography
- John Stoneman was born in 1939 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. He is an assistant director and director, known for The Dead Zone (1983), If.
- John Stoneman was a Canadian underwater filmmaker and conservationist.
- Born on February 24, 1831, to parents George Stoneman and Catherine Cheney, John Thompson Stoneman was raised in Ellery, New York, and attended Jamestown.
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John R. Stoneman
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John Stoneman was a Canadian underwater filmmaker and conservationist. His career spans four decades, and has garnered many awards.
Stoneman was born in 1939 in Devonshire, England. His first step into film was with Pinewood Studios in 1957, then in 1963 he joined BBC as a director/cinematographer for the underwater documentary film The Indian Ocean. His career continued as a second unit action director on documentaries.
In 1971 Stoneman went to Canada to take a job as an assistant director. While there, he met CBC’s John Hirsch, and Stoneman’s future wife Sarah. It was she who helped convince Stoneman to stay in Canada. Together they created the production company Mako Films Ltd.
Mako Films created material for National Geographic, BBC, PBS, while also doing independent work. Stoneman’s career continued to grow, directing the first IMAX underwater film Nomads of the Deep (1979). One of his bigges
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John Thompson Stoneman
State Senator
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01/14/1878 - 01/11/1880 |
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A native of Chautauqua County New York, and was born in the town of Ellery, on the 24th of February, 1831, his parents being George and Catherine (Cheney) Stoneman. John T. prepared for college at the Jamestown Academy, devoting his summers of this period to labors on a farm. At twenty he went to Covington, Kentucky, and taught school one year. He then entered Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1856. While in Kentucky, Mr. Stoneman commenced reading law with Judge R. B. Carpenter, and during his college course he spent his vacations at the Albany New York, law school. He was there admitted to the bar in January, 1855. In graduating from college, he came West and located in McGregor in October, 1856. There he was in steady practice of his profession from that time till the spring of 1882, when he removed from McGregor. Mr. Stoneman was the first recorder of the town of McGregor, being elected in 1857, he was mayor of the city in 1863, an
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