John Gaspard

John Gaspard is an author, filmmaker, and podcaster. His latest book, Held Over: Harold and Maude at The Westgate Theater, documents how Minneapolis’s Westgate Theater extended the run of a box-office flop until it became a cult favorite, drawing celebrity visits, superfans, and neighborhood protests. He writes two mystery series: the ten-book Eli Marks Mystery Series, featuring a magician-turned-detective, and the three-book Como Lake Players Mystery Series, set in a community theater where backstage tensions turn deadly. On Behind the Page: The Eli Marks Podcast, he hosts interviews with entertainers, magicians and others, along with readings from The Eli Marks mystery series of novels. Gaspard is also the author of Fast, Cheap, and Under Control and Fast, Cheap, and Written That Way, best-selling nonfiction guides to low-budget filmmaking. He has directed and produced six feature films. Ironically, the books made more than the movies. John also wrote episodes for the international western-comedy series Lucky Luke, starring Terence Hill, who's as quick to pick up a check in real life as his character is at drawing a six-gun on screen. * ** Held Over: Harold and Maude at The Westgate Theater can be found here: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/ - /held-over-harold-and-maude-at-the-westgate-theater/ The Eli Marks Mysteries and The Como Lake Players Mysteries can be found here: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/eli-marks The Filmmaking Books can be found here: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/