John J. Healey
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John J. Healey

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John J. Healey is a citizen of Ireland and the United States who was born and raised in New York City. He lives in Massachusetts and in Spain where he discovered his love of film working on Victor Erice’s masterpiece El Sur. He has subsequently worked on many movies with a long list of directors including John Huston, Warren Beatty, Arthur Hiller and Elaine May. He has directed two films: the documentary Federico García Lorca which provides an intimate portrait of the poet, his work, and his surviving family, and The Practice of the Wild, that follows the poets Gary Snyder and the late Jim Harrison in conversation while roaming the wilds of Central California. His novels have been published and translated into several languages. The English titles are: Emily & Herman, The Samurai of Seville, The Samurai's Daughter (a sequel); and The Secret of Provence House which was published by HarperCollins in the UK under the pen name Aubrey Rhodes. His latest novel, April in Paris, was published by Arcade in July 2021. The Samurai of Seville is the basis for a narrated double concerto for flamenco guitar and Japanese harp soloists with a full orchestra. The concerto’s world premiere took place in Japan on November 27th, 2021, performed by the Kyoto Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by John Axelrod, music composed by José Maria Gallardo del Rey, and libretto written by the author. He is also the screenwriter of the documentary film Zurbarán y sus doce hijos about the Spanish painter directed by award-winning filmmaker Arantxa Aguirre. This film had its U.S. premiere at the National Gallery in October, 2022. He is represented by the Pontas Literary & Film Agency in Barcelona.
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