Louisiana native John F. Beach is an award-winning filmmaker and actor currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Beach’s solo-directing debut, “They Grow Up So Fast”, screened in competition at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, in addition to winning the 50K Grand Prize at the 2022 Louisiana Film Prize. It won over a dozen major awards on its festival run, including Jury & Audience Awards for Best Comedy Short at the Oscar Qualifying Indy Shorts and Cleveland International Film Festivals, respectively, and Best of Fest at the HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival. Beach also landed a Best Director Honorable Mention at Just For Laughs in Montreal. "They Grow Up So Fast" has been picked up for distribution and is currently available on Canal+, Virgin Atlantic Airlines and the new Tribeca Festival channel on DirecTV.

Previously, Beach co-directed and produced international award-winning and Fantastic Fest favorite short film “The Accomplice”, also starring opposite Evan Peters.

He also co-directed the music video for lovelytheband’s record-breaking Billboard smash single “broken”, which has received over 50 million views on Youtube.

As an actor, Beach is recognizable as a two decade mainstay in national commercials, including Super Bowl spots for Ram Trucks, Bud Light and Diet Pepsi, among others. His film and TV credits include a supporting role in the Dayton/Faris film “Ruby Sparks” and a memorable guest star turn as ‘The Shusher’ on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.