Background
Sedelmaier, John Josef was born on May 31, 1933 in Orrville, Ohio, United States. Son of Josef Heinrich and Anne Isabel (Baughman) Sedelmaier.
Sedelmaier, John Josef was born on May 31, 1933 in Orrville, Ohio, United States. Son of Josef Heinrich and Anne Isabel (Baughman) Sedelmaier.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago at University of Chicago, 1955.
Director art Young and Rubicam, Chicago, 1955-1961. Director art, associate creative director Clinton E. Frank, 1961-1964. Director art, producer J. Walter Thompson, 1964-1967.
President Sedelmaier Film Productions, since 1967. Speaker British design and art direction Lecturer Series, London, 1998. Speaker Harvard Business School, 2003.
Exhibitions include Museum Broadcast Communications, Chicago, 1988, Museum Broadcasting, Los Angeles, 1991, Museum television and Radio, New York City, 1992, Represented in permanent collections Academy television Arts and Sciences Archive. Director: (films) OpenMinds, 2003 (Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, 2003).
Married Barbara Jean Frank, June 6, 1965. Children: John Josef, Nancy Rachel, Adam Frederich.