John Mutter is an artist, photographer, director at BIRD’S GOT YOUR BACK, producer, and composer. He has directed music videos for Sub Pop, been a finalist in the Canadian Songwriting Competition, been nominated for multiple Leo Awards, worked as a senior visual effects compositor for Disney, Marvel, and Netflix, and exhibited photo and video works internationally in critically acclaimed solo and group shows. He is also an active performer of both improvised and composed music. His current project, billed under his name, is a live solo multimedia experience that combines projections of his self-produced music videos and video art with a live performance of his music. He studied composition with Giorgio Magnanensi and Jon Siddall in Vancouver and with Benoit Delbecq in Paris after receiving a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. He also studied visual art at the University of British Columbia and The School of Visual Arts in New York city. He currently runs a virtual venue and live music streaming channel called NICEDOGSUNIVERSE which presents artists in interactive, audio responsive 3D worlds.