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 John Lee is a legendary former computer hacker turned filmmaker. He has been featured in media outlets from CBS’ 60 minutes to Vibe, One World, The Industry Standard, NV, the Source Magazine, Mass Appeal and Esquire. John Lee was the first African-American on the cover of Wired Magazine. John Lee has produced and directed music videos for artist such as N.O.R.E. and commercials for Coke, as well as direct to DVD films. John Lee is currently a digital artist in residence at the Black Filmmaker Foundation. His production company, Media Threat, is aggressively developing branded short films with extreme product placement for the Play Station Portable, viral distribution on the web, and mobile phones here in the United States. He is currently directing a series that is broadcast in England that fuses his creative and technological skills called Cellpop (www.cellpop.co.uk), a comedy series about the dark side of the American Music Industry. This series is broadcast directly to mobile phones. Under the pseudonym, Cripus Attucks, John Lee founded the hugely popular muckraking website, urban expose.com, which for more than a year subjected the urban entertainment industry to his merciless business analysis and acerbic wit. John Lee’s current website, Jeep Bastard.com, is a weblog that focuses on the intersection of technology and media. John Lee has been on the writing staff of Comedy Central and written articles for publication ranging from Time Magazine, Inside, the Independent, King, and Africana.com. He is a Brooklyn, New York native and Brooklyn College graduate. Speaker Fee $ 4000 |