- Mother, Cathy, was the unofficial " greeter" at Warner Hollywood (aka Goldwyn Studios) and introduced John to many actors and actresses.
- Was an Avid rock climber and spelunker in High School.
- Hosted, along with the rest of his Foley team, the First Lady, Michelle Obama and her children in a demonstration of the way foley is created at Warner Brothers Studios.
- With his foley partner at that time, Joan Rowe, used "jello" to help create the "squishy" sound of ET's body movement.
- Hosted, along with the rest of his Foley team, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, in a demonstration of foley at Warner Brothers Studios.
- Did all of Michael Jackson's dance foley in the music video, "Thriller".
- Was the first foley artist, along with his then partner Joan Rowe and foley mixer, Tim Sadler, to use an ECM-50 microphone for "over the top" foley in motion pictures.
- Borrowed from fellow foley artist, David Fein, the famous MGM horse hoof props to use on the deck scene for "The Black Stallion".
- Serendipitous, as it turned out, Gus Koven had Alyson, MaryJo and John do some water and silverware cues which ended up in a few spots in Daft Punk's " Random Access Memories.".
- Graduated from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 1977.
- Attended the " Bob Bondaurant School of High Performance Driving " with his best buddy Keith back in the day.
- Franklin Schaffner was my interviewer at the AFI.
- Along with Gordon Ecker Jr, helped create one of the first independent foley stages at Warren Sound West, that utilized some of the miking techniques still used today.
- Peter Samolian, owner of Warren Sound West, allowed the creation of a completely outside the box thinking foley stage that incorporated the use of baffles,cutaway cement, different mics ( ECM 50 ) and portable surfaces among many other innovations.
- Is a member of his high school's Hall of Fame (inducted 2015 into the Radnor HS Hall of Fame, Radnor, PA).
- Has been the lead Foley artist at Skywalker Sound since July 2015.
- Was the lead Foley artist at Warner Bros Sound from May 1992 to July 2015.
- Was a freelance Foley artist at Samuel Goldwyn Films from 1979 to January 1984.
- Co-founded Taj Soundworks in January 1984, where he was the lead Foley artist until January 1992.
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