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John P. Starrs has been working in professional media and performing arts since age fourteen when he began spinning records for local schools and churches in his home state of Maine. He began professional news and sports announcing at WRKD at age sixteen, and has been in love with gadgets and widgets and electronic paraphernalia ever since.
John has a B.A. in Communications with a Broadcasting Production emphasis and a minor in Music from Brigham Young University.
Throughout his career he has produced and directed myriad shows and events for stage and television. He has worked as a theater sound designer, as well as an audio mastering engineer for numerous musical and spoken word dramatic projects.
Over the years he has won awards for his work with Odyssey Dance Theatre, Brigham Young University and BYU Television, The Mormon Arts Festival and as the founder of the Watchmen Institute, a non-profit company with the purpose of producing and promoting the best in art and media. His production company, B.U.M.P. Limited, creates multiple streams of media with the goal of lifting, inpiring and helping.
His recently published book, Salt Lake City: Ensign to the Nations, is the first in the Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys series. It has received both popular and critical acclaim. John served as Producer and Director for the interactive DVD as well as co-author of the book with BYU Religious Educators John Livingstone, Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd Newell, Craig Ostler and David Whitchurch.
John lives in Orem, Utah with his sweetheart Sharolyn and their 4 awesomely wonderful children.