---
name: "John Maloof"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-maloof"
fi1m_id: "john-maloof"
imdb_id: "nm5525244"
tmdb_id: 1271317
wikidata_id: "Q19967915"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-01T23:05:44.791914+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Maloof

## Identity

John Maloof

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-maloof
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-maloof
- **IMDb ID:** nm5525244
- **TMDB ID:** 1271317
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19967915
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maloof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19967915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5525244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1271317

Producer and director. Born 1 January 1981 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, Chicago
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maloof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19967915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5525244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1271317

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Finding Vivian Maier*](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Maloof is an American filmmaker, photographer and author. In 2007, while researching a book on Chicago's Portage Park neighbourhood, he purchased a box of negatives at a storage auction and discovered the work of street photographer Vivian Maier. He has since become the primary curator of her archive, publishing several books on her photography.

Maloof co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced the 2014 documentary *Finding Vivian Maier* with Charlie Siskel. The film, which he also shot and narrated, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Prior to his work with Maier's collection, Maloof worked as a real estate agent in Chicago and served as president of a local historical society.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Self - Narrator — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *Finding Vivian Maier*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-maloof