John Beck Hofmann (born March 27, 1969) is an American director, cinematographer, composer and actor.
In addition to his cinematic contributions for multiple television programs on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Discovery Channel, Science Channel and National Geographic,[citation needed] he has served as stage manager for Geraldo Rivera from 1999 - 2003 for both CNBC and Fox networks as well as for other CNBC/FOX hosts such as Chris Matthews and Greta Van Susteren.
[citation needed] He currently serves as a director of photography for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Hofmann has also published a number of videos in his Youtube page, including "7 Minutes of Terror", 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 dramatic television work[1] includes conspiracy thriller Tyranny, which plays on Koldcast and Tyranny.tv.