John Brister has overseen 80+ feature films and TV productions, including the Oscar winning best picture "Green Book".
He's a producer of the TV series "Scarpetta" for Amazon and Blumhouse.
He oversaw production on "The Bondsman" for Amazon and Blumhouse and the "Bad Monkey" TV series for Apple TV and Warner Bros.
He was the UPM on the John Lee Hancock / Stephen King feature "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" for Netflix and Blumhouse.
He was also the UPM on the Sony series "I Know What You Did Last Summer" for Amazon.
Ethan Hawke relied on Brister's production expertise for his feature "Blaze".
Brister was the UPM on the Craig Zobel feature "The Hunt" for Universal Studios and Blumhouse.
He was also the UPM on the Stephen Merchant feature "Fighting with My Family" for MGM.
Previously, Brister was a senior production executive overseeing a large slate of films. His involvement included developing the screenplays, working with the sales agents, banks, and bond companies to complete the financing, creating budgets, negotiating actor, director, and union contracts, and overseeing production. Brister also supervised the post-production process, including delivery and the repayment of production loans.
John Brister grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. He graduated with a B.A. in history from U.C.L.A.
He is a member of the Director's Guild of America.
