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John Melville Bishop

John Melville Bishop is primarily known as a documentary filmmaker in the areas of anthropology and folklore. His best known films are The Land Where the Blues Began made with Alan Lomax, Himalayan Herders following up on his book An Ever-Changing Place, and Oh What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me based on the book by Edmund Carpenter. He lived in Boston 1974-1990, Los Angeles 1990-2007, and currently resides in Portland, OR. He taught video production and ethnographic film at UCLA from 1995-2008. As of 2010 he is writing a book about ethnographic film.

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Born 4 April 1946

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  • Cover of: Home video production: getting the most from your video equipment

    First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: An ever-changing place: a year among snow monkeys and Sherpas in the Himalayas

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: California artists: at the crossroads

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Making home video: how to get the most from your video cassette recording equipment

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Making It in Video: An Insider's Guide to Careers in the Fastest Growing Industry of the Decade

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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Born 4 April 1946

Subjects

Amateurs' manuals, Home video systems, Video recording, Behavior, Description and travel, Entellus langur, Ethnic arts, Hanuman langur, Mammals, Presbytis entellus, Statue of liberty (new york, n.y.)

Places

California, Nepal

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  • OLID: OL815914A

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Alternative names

  • John M. Bishop, John Bishop

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August 2, 2010 Edited by 75.164.220.223 added bio were there was none, added links to his websites
August 2, 2010 Edited by 75.164.220.223 Added new photo
August 25, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import