John Chester is an American filmmaker and television director.
Chester grew up in Ocean City, Maryland, and graduated in 1990 from Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland).
[1] Chester's first primetime television docu-series aired on A&E, Random 1, which he directed and starred in in 2006.
The series inspired his feature documentary Lost in Woonsocket which premiered at SXSW in 2007.
[citation needed] In 2018, Chester began a 3-year book deal with publisher Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan for a spin-off children's book series featuring characters from the film, of which the first installment Saving Emma the Pig was scheduled for release in 2019 [3] and listed on Amazon.Com as a Hardcover publication for May 14, 2019.