He currently serves as a director of photography for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. His work has appeared in the IMAXfeature filmRoving Mars, James Cameron's "Aliens of the Deep", and NOVA's & . His more recent cinematography work can be seen in the National Geographic program , which won an Emmy in 2009 for outstanding science and technology programming. His 1999 documentary on the Mars Pathfinder Mission, "The Pathfinders", won a Gold Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival by Intercom. Beck-Hofmann is currently producing and directing several documentaries for NASA/JPL. His current video series project called "The Martians", is a web series, following people from around the world, who work on activities related to our journey to Mars. "The Martians" can be seen at: . Hofmann has also published a number of videos in his , including "", which describes the atmospheric entry, descent and landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for August 2012, and features several engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory involved in the MSL project. Beck-Hofmann's latest dramatic television work can be seen in the international conspiracy thrillerTyranny, which plays on , and . Tyranny was accepted as part of the official selection of the , November 2010. Tyranny also received four nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller. Beck-Hofmann's controversial conspiracy documentary is presented like this : "Maidan Massacre is an investigative documentary into the shootings which occurred on February 20th, 2014, when nearly 50 people were gunned down on the streets of Kiev's Independence square. The massacre was the result of Euromaidan a massive three-month-long protest against the former Government of Viktor Yanukovich and his decision to reject a trade deal with the EU. Although no thorough investigation had been conducted, the blame was immediately placed on the officers who served under Yanukovich. This program investigates the scene of the crime, interviewing those who were there when the shootings occurred, and seeks to answer the questions as to who really was shooting that day on Kiev's Independence square - a place known to the people of Ukraine, as Maidan. - Written by John Beck Hofmann"
Music
Beck-Hofmann has played in several bands: SnoGlobe, Terminal-3 and . He has also created music used in multiple television shows, such as FX's "Nip/Tuck", MTV's "The Real World", Travel Channel's "Eye of the Beholder" and multiple NASA documentaries. He composed the original score for the ongoing conspiracy thriller under the name . Beck-Hofmann currently lives in Hollywood, California.
