John Merriman has extensive film experience in front of and behind the camera. He starred in the dark comedy GRETCHEN which won the $50,000 Target Filmmaker Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2006; he co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the indie satire MY NAME IS BUTTONS; and played the lead in PERILS IN NUDE MODELING which was nominated for a Student Oscar and won the top prize at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. This past year he played major roles in YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (Steve Collins' follow-up to GRETCHEN), THE MAN FROM ORLANDO, A SPLICE OF LIFE, ORBIT(film) and PICTURES OF SUPERHEROES which are all in post-production. He and Kerri Lendo wrote, directed, and acted in the short film SLEEP STUDY which won the Audience Award at the 2010 Austin Film Festival.