John Marsh Tyson (born July 14, 1953) is an American judge, who is a Recall Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, after completing an eight-year statewide elected term, and as an Emergency Superior Court Judge. At Tyson & Associates, he practiced landlord-tenant, land use, and real property law, civil litigation and criminal defense. Judge Tyson is a Board Certified Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization for real property law, business, commercial, and industrial transactions, the only North Carolina judge so certified. His more than thirty years of professional experience includes the private practice of law, senior level corporate real estate development and counsel positions, and more than twenty five years as a Professor of Law and author.Judge Tyson is a member of the North Carolina and Virginia State Bars and a certified mediator and arbitrator. He is a past member of the North Carolina Property Tax Commission and past elected chairman of the Cumberland County Joint Planning Board and the Cumberland Soil and Water Conservation District. Judge Tyson earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina– Wilmington, his J.D., cum laude, from Campbell University School of Law, where he also serves as an adjunct professor of law since 1987, his M.B.A. from Duke University, and his LL.M. in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia, School of Law. Judge Tyson is a frequent CLE presenter and author, and holds an AV-Pre-eminent peer reviewed rating from Martindale Hubbell.
John has adapted the Terry Southern short story Twirling at Ole Miss to a screenplay. The Twirling at Ole Miss screenplay has been winning awards at The Woods Hole Film Festival, The Amsterdam International Film Festival, The NYC Indie Film Festival to name a few.
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Graduate of the London International Film School.
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J.T. worked as an editing intern for George Harrison's Hand Made Films at Shepperton Studios in London while completing his studies at The London International Film School.
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Year
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Creative Galaxy
2016
TV Series assistant director - 1 episode
The Intern
2015/I
first assistant director: second unit
A Force for Good
2015
Short first assistant director: New York
Generation Um...
2012
first assistant director
The Onion News Network
2011
TV Series first assistant director - 8 episodes
The Real Rocky
2011
TV Movie assistant director
Broad City
2010-2011
TV Series short first assistant director - 3 episodes