WRITER, FILMMAKER & TEACHER
ABOUT
John Hulme is a writer and filmmaker from Highland Park, NJ. He is the co-author of five books, including The Seems, a trilogy of fantasy novels from Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
He directed the award-winning documentaries Unknown Soldier: Searching For a Father (HBO) and Blood, Sweat & Tears: A Basketball Exorcism.
He also co-created the original radio drama, Vanishing Point (NPR, XM Radio). He built the Highland Park African American History Project — a multimedia oral history of his hometown's black community — which was funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The Project’s first documentary, Blacked Out, won the Best Youth Film award at the 2018 Harlem International Film Festival. Hulme's first feature length horror screenplay, Bagman (Lionsgate/Temple Hill) premiered in theaters on September 27, 2024, and his original True Crime Horror podcast, No Man's Land, is now available on all podcast platforms.
Hulme is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University, where he teaches Documentary Filmmaking and Introduction to Multimedia.
PORTFOLIO
BOOKS
Becker Drane knows exactly how The World works.
You know the rain we had two weeks ago, or that nightmare you had last night? Becker Drane can tell you exactly who or what was responsible because Becker works as a Fixer for The Seems. From the Department of Weather to the Department of Time, The Seems is the world-behind-our-World, and it keeps everything running smoothly.
But every so often, something goes wrong.
When a Glitch makes its way into the Department of Sleep, Becker is called in for his very first Fixer assignment and he's got to get it right. But this Mission is tricky, and his regular Tools aren't up to the test. If Becker doesn't find a Fix fast, he just might lose the coolest job ever―and The World will lose a lot more than a good night's sleep.
FILM & VIDEO
Do NJ Prisons Still Use Solitary Confinement?
Do NJ Prisons Still Use Solitary Confinement?
Unknown Soldier: Searching For A Father
Bagman (2024) Official Trailer - Sam Claflin, Antonia Thomas
Unknown Soldier Trailer
Blood, Sweat & Tears: A Basketball Exorcism -- Trailer
Blacked Out
CURRENT PROJECTS
NO MAN'S LAND
An original true crime/horror podcast
A seven-part investigation into a mysterious section of woods in central New Jersey. Supposedly haunted, it has a terrible history of violence dating back to the 1600s, replete with horrific murders and mass suicide.
What makes these stories so frightening is that all contain disturbingly similar elements of the supernatural. Each episode of this podcast will focus on one of these infamous tales, in hopes of proving once and for all whether No Man’s Land is indeed infested with an evil presence.
