John Viscount

John Viscount is a screenwriter, composer, author, and branding specialist. His film, Admissions, stars Academy Award® nominee, James Cromwell, and addresses the Middle East conflict and the power of forgiveness. It has now won over 30 International Awards, and has been translated into Italian, Hebrew, German, Arabic, Farsi, and Spanish, and broadcast to 80 million homes worldwide. The film continues to screen in important venues all around the world and is featured in the renowned forgiveness curriculum of The Stanford University Forgiveness Project. John's original theme song in the end credits, The Time Is Now, was a finalist in The Global Peace Song Awards.

To watch his 20-minute film for peace, Admissions: https://www.peacenow.com/admissions/

John will be producing and directing his next film on cyber-bullying, The Principle, in 2023. He is also launching Peace Entertainment Productions, a new media company with several social impact properties in development including features, streaming series, short films, an animated series, and a scripted TV musical. All endeavor to address human challenges and promote peace and include original music.

John is also the Founder & CEO of The Peace Entertainment Project (PEPSTAR.org), a new non-profit that offers fiscal sponsorship and mentoring to uplifting filmmakers and content creators who address global challenges, inspire hearts and minds, and “promote the kind in humankind.” Additionally, he is Co-founder of PeaceNow.com, a non-profit that creates platforms for strengthening the global Culture of Peace while gathering signatures in support of the establishment of Ministries & Departments of Peace in governments worldwide.

These platforms include a peace and well-being campaign called The Muscles of Peace 60-Second Workout that John created. They also include a proposed United Nations Global Resolution which advocates for the creation of permanent governmental Infrastructures for Peace in all nations from the national down to the local level. John is also the author of the inspirational books, Mind What Matters: A Pep Talk for Humanity and The Mind Supplement. Additionally, he is the creator of the YouTube Shorts Positive Message Campaign, PepTalk4Humanity - https://www.youtube.com/@Peptalk4Humanity/shorts

For more info: https://johnviscount.com