John Zibell
John Zibell is an independent actor/writer/director who has worked in New York City and Regional Theater and film.Life
Zibell studied acting with Mike Nichols, Paul Sills and George Morrison at the New Actors Workshop in Manhattan. He appeared in the film The War Within and wrote, directed and acted in the movie .
He won the Audience Award/Best Directorial Debut at the .
John has worked with Paul Sills, Dianne Paulus and with director Shira Piven. He has also been a member of several grass-roots theater companies performing original work including Sills and Company and Blue Circle Theater.
Zibell originated the role of Jimmy Patraglia in Joe Roland's off-Broadway play .
In Fall 2010 he worked as assistant to performance artist on the UC Davis production of Gomez Pena's . He has also performed with Gomez-Pena's San Francisco-based troupe .
Zibell received his MFA in directing theatre from UC Davis in June 2010.
He is was a 3rd-year PhD candidate in Performance Studies at UC Davis. Building on his career in theater and cinema Zibell has focused his scholarship on traditional knowledge systems and new media. He writes on the figures of the cyborg and the shaman.
Zibell lived in Los Angeles but now teaches Film modules in the North of England.
