Biography

John Hamilton is the founder and CEO of Wonderkind Pictures based in Los Angeles. Prior to forming his own company, Mr. Hamilton was based in Orlando and had offices at Universal Studios Florida as well as Chapman/Leonard Studios from which he worked as a writer/producer/director on various film/TV projects including "Professor Thinkerwrinkle's Wacky World Adventures", "The B-Squad", "Sideral", and "W.I.LD. T.V.". Upon relocating to California, Mr. Hamilton worked directly for Universal Studios Home Entertainment where he coordinated the national publicity campaigns for a multitude of film titles including The Bourne Ultimatum, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Wanted, Mamma Mia: The Movie, Charlie Wilson's War, Inglourious Basterds, Fast and Furious and Despicable Me as well as such television titles as "30 Rock", "House", "The Office", "Monk" and "Psych." After his tenure at Universal, he was the Administrator of Television and Originals for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and coordinated the marketing elements for such titles as "The House of the Dragon", "The Winchesters", "You", "White Lotus", and "The Last of Us." In 2016 Mr. Hamilton wrote and directed the award-winning short film (Best Live-Action Short... Louisville International Film Festival and "Official Selection" of the Studio City Film Festival) entitled The Morning Star. Most recently John Hamilton wrote and directed the short film Well-Intentions which became an "Official Selection" at both the 2021 Orlando Film Festival and the 2021 Louisville International Festival of Film. Well-Intentions went on to win The Darling Award at the later (the top prize of the entire festival) which has only been awarded three times in the festival's twelve year history. Currently Mr. Hamilton is prepping two new projects, one a film that he will be directing entitled Knockin' 'Em Dead that begins production in the fall of 2025 and a "Jim Henson like" television series that is slated to be shot in Orlando in the fall of 2026.

- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous