---
name: "John Sloss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-sloss"
fi1m_id: "john-sloss"
imdb_id: "nm0806189"
tmdb_id: 3727
wikidata_id: "Q15431922"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-09-24T03:42:08.408015+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 Sloss

## Identity

John Sloss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-sloss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-sloss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0806189
- **TMDB ID:** 3727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15431922
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sloss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15431922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3727

Producer. Born 1 January 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** 존 슬로스
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 1 acting, 11 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (3), 2000s 82 (4), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 71 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Comedy 3, History 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $449m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sloss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15431922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3727

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Blue Moon*](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md) (78)

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

## Biography

John Sloss is an American entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, manager and producer. Born in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, he studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School before entering entertainment law.

He founded Cinetic Media in 2001 and has facilitated the sale or financing of hundreds of independent films. Sloss has produced or executive produced more than 50 films, including *Boyhood* (2014), *Green Book* (2018), *Boys Don't Cry* (1999) and *The Fog of War* (2003). He has frequently collaborated with director Richard Linklater on projects such as the *Before* trilogy and *Blue Moon* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (12)

### Performed in (1)

- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Cafe Patron — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)

### Produced (11) — the average rests on these

- *Stop! That! Train!* (2026), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/stop-that-train.md)
- *Blue Moon* (2025), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *The Sympathizer* (2024), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sympathizer.md)
- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Boyhood* (2014), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Fi1m 91, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *Hamlet* (2000), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *Lone Star* (1996), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Stop! That! Train!* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/stop-that-train.md)
- *How To Not Have Sex* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Blue Moon* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Nouvelle Vague* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Confession* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Seven Veils* (2025), Executive Producer
- *2073* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Tape* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Hit Man* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Sympathizer* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sympathizer.md)
- *White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood* (2022), Executive Producer
- *A Mouthful of Air* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Velvet Underground* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Land* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Green Book* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Watergate* (2018), series, Producer
- *Blaze* (2018), as Legal Services · Producer
- *Last Flag Flying* (2017), Producer
- *Wonderstruck* (2017), Producer
- *Obit* (2017), Thanks
- *Maggie's Plan* (2016), Thanks
- *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Boyhood* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Dealin' with Idiots* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Before Midnight* (2013), as Airport Traveller in Opening Scene (uncredited) · Executive Producer
- *Friends with Kids* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Way* (2010), Executive Producer
- *No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson* (2010), Thanks
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Starting Out in the Evening* (2007), Executive Producer
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Producer
- *Puccini for Beginners* (2006), Executive Producer
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Lonesome Jim* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Sorry, Haters* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Land of Plenty* (2004), Executive Producer
- *A Home at the End of the World* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *The Company* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *Pieces of April* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *Ten Tiny Love Stories* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Tadpole* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Happy Here and Now* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Coastlines* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Personal Velocity* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Tape* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Waking Life* (2001), Executive Producer, Legal Services
- *Chelsea Walls* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Session 9* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Super Troopers* (2001), as Legal Services
- *Hamlet* (2000), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Happy Accidents* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Whiteboyz* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *The Last Days of Disco* (1998), Executive Producer, Legal Services
- *Men with Guns* (1998), Executive Producer
- *No Looking Back* (1998), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Newton Boys* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Ulee's Gold* (1997), Executive Producer
- *SubUrbia* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Puddle Cruiser* (1996), as Legal Services
- *American Buffalo* (1996), Executive Producer, Legal Services
- *She's the One* (1996), Co-Executive Producer
- *Lone Star* (1996), Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), as Cafe Patron · Executive Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Barcelona* (1994), as Legal Services
- *The Secret of Roan Inish* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The Ballad of Little Jo* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Passion Fish* (1992), Executive Producer
- *City of Hope* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Matewan* (1987), as Legal Services
- *Merrily We Roll Along*, Executive Producer
- *A Night at Claridge’s*, Executive Producer

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