John G Ives

John G. Ives is the author of three novels. The Keeper (2013), set in Provincetown in 1900, tells of the daring shipwreck rescues of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, with illustrations and cover by Justine Ives, published under their imprint, Bohème Publishing. In 1992, he wrote an interview book with John Waters, part of the series American Originals.

John is an entertainment attorney, with clients including producers, writers and directors in film, television, animation and publishing. Many of his clients produce documentary films for PBS, GBH, NET and other public television stations. John was co-founder of Cinecom Films in New York, one of the first successful independent film companies. John has been involved with films such as A Room With A View, Stop Making Sense, and Brother From Another Planet, and worked with Robert Altman, John Sayles, Robert Duvall, Merchant and Ivory, Jonathan Demme, and John Waters. John and his wife Kina live in Mid-Coast Maine.