John Beder

John Beder (he/him) is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker whose films have been published by The New York Times, PBS, and Al Jazeera and have screened at over a dozen Oscar qualifying film festivals. His documentaries explore resistance, social justice, medicine, and substance use, illuminating overlooked voices with care and urgency. His latest film, How to Sue the Klan, a collaboration with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, won an NAACP Image Award and follows five Black women who brought down a local Klan chapter through a landmark civil suit. He previously directed Dying in Your Mother’s Arms, an Emmy nominated co-production with The New York Times about pediatric palliative care. John is co-founder of Bedrock Productions and a member of the Asian American Documentary Network, the Documentary Producers Alliance, and The Video Consortium.