John Schwert

In/Significant Others won the top awards at the Houston Worldfest as well as the Boston, Charlotte, and Mammoth Film Festivals in 2009, with additional screenings at over 20 international film festivals in 2009 and 2010.

Among Brothers premiered at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and went on to play 17 film festivals picking up a grassroots fan-base along the way. Among Brothers was released domestically by Vanguard Cinema and internationally by Oasis International and in May 2007, Among Brothers and John Schwert were the basis for a two-hour Dateline NBC special titled Scenes From A Murder[5] based on Jennifer Morgan's still unsolved murder.

In 2004, Schwert started a production company, Fourth Ward Productions[3], shifting his focus from corporate marketing and advertising to the production of films, commercials, marketing communications, and various media content creation.

In 2004, Schwert adapted, directed, and produced his first feature-length motion picture Among Brothers[4]. Among Brothers is based on the actual events surround the death of Jennifer Morgan, who was murdered in 1994 at Francis Marion University in South Carolina. The entire film was financed by a second mortgage on Schwert's home in North Carolina.

John Schwert attended Fredonia High School and earned a bachelor's degree from St. John Fisher College in 1997. From 1998 to 2004 he worked in corporate marketing and advertising and in 2004 he received his master's degree from Queens University of Charlotte.

John Schwert (born November 20, 1975) is a film and commercial director and producer born in Fredonia, New York and owner/operator of Fourth Ward Productions[1]. He is represented by Trailer Park Films[2] for Canadian commercials and content/media creation. John Schwert is related to Pius L. Schwert.