Giovanni Bommarito

Giovanni Bommarito was born in Pontiac Michigan and raised by his single mother and grandmother in the Avondale school system under the name John Shelton and John Jewell. Giovanni found his father K. Bommarito at the age of 25. As a poor kid from the Detroit area he worked many jobs until he stumbled onto his beloved career choices of surfing, sports/athletic instruction/coach, music, culinary art, stadium and Broadway touring, journalism, and finally the film industry. With over 50 films deep and a pocketful of literature you can still find Giovanni spreading his passion for life, love, and music worldwide through interactions, board sports, books, music and film. Giovanni has lived in many countries through easy and 3rd world events as well as being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit having to fight for his rights from the "inside". Today most of his projects start from the historic birthplace of jazz in the Treme, or an inspiring sailboat in Lake Pontchartrain both located in New Orleans working their way worldwide. In a short thirty some years Giovanni Bommarito has worked with some of the greatest musicians, technicians, actors, artist, scientist, and cinema photographers of our time while fallowing an old motto "A smart person learns from his mistakes. A genius learns from other peoples mistakes." Yet living in his own writings with his long repeated quote "Trust is the foundation of love and friendship. Communication is the foundation of love." While true love is still his favorite topic, Giovanni was raised with strong family values as well as brought up in the old school show business ways and codes. With non-profits and beyond Giovanni has worked hard to preserve the traditions, sports, arts and protocols that made Giovanni and those closest to him, the people they are today. New works by Giovanni Bommarito will be delta blues recordings with a rock-a-billy twist, and writings in an inspirational book called "How to be the poor kid and still live "the dream" currently in the editing process in 2013.