Celona, Alexis C.

John Celona is a screenwriter, director, filmmaker, composer and media artist. He was born in San Francisco and played tenor saxophone in jazz clubs and blues lounges in North Beach. He holds a doctorate in new music notational systems from the University of California, San Diego. He began writing beat literature over fifteen years ago that led to the world of filmmaking with short films and then feature-length scripts. The graphic novel Nightfreight is based on his international award-winning screenplay and his latest script, the sci-fi black comedy thriller Lady Smoke, won the Diamond Award