John Badalamenti was born and raised in Queens and comes from a family of musicians and actors; his father Steve was a jazz trumpet player, his uncle Angelo Badalamenti is a musical composer for movies and TV, and his younger brother Stephen is an actor in NYC. He was trained in color retouching and photographic techniques at a graphic arts trade house in NYC serving Madison Avenue ad agencies. He then moved on to architectural photography, video, and drone-aerial work before starting his documentary film company in Arizona, Desert Horse Media, LLC. John has produced and directed two feature documentary films with distribution: Horse Heroes (2021) and Saving The Ice (2024). He is working on his third feature documentary. Because of his extensive photography and video background, John is also the D.P. on his film projects. John's primary documentary work focuses on the unsung heroes who make a difference in other people's lives.
