Biography
John M. Florescu is a producer, known for "Talking with David Frost" (1991-1998), one of the longest-running news and public affairs interview series in PBS, "The Next President with David Frost" (1987-1988, 1992), "A Gulf War Exclusive with President Bush" (1996), "One-on-One with David Frost" starring Paul McCartney, Mike Douglas and Elton John, A&E (1998-2002). He has produced more than 150 hours of national and international television for such networks as CBS, HBO, PBS, Discovery-Times, Disney, A&E Network, The History Channel, BBC and The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, during his time serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of David Paradine Television Inc. (the LA-based US television production company belonging to Sir David Frost). He has a long career in documentary making on historical and political themes: "The Nixon Interviews with David Frost" (Disney, 6 episodes) (1994), excerpts from the original 27-hour recording that had never been seen in public, "Interviews I'll Never Forget" (CBS, 1998) - 13 episodes, "Decisive Battles of the Ancient World" (History, 12 episodes, 2004), "Bloodlines: The Dracula Family Tree" (History, 2003), "Lessons of the Gulf War" (History Channel, 1996). John Florescu was Executive Producer for: "The Great Nobel Debate", featuring 125 of world's most brilliant minds, Stockholm, Sweden (1991). He directed and produced a series of political and historical documentaries, broadcast internationally (UK, US and Europe) and featured in festivals (such as the French Historical Film Festival of Pessac): "The King's War" (Amazon Prime / A&E's H2 / CME -Time Warner, 2016), and the series "Trump versus Clinton " (2016) and "Trump: What He Means to Europe" (2017), both for CME - Time Warner. Between 2018 and 2024, he produced a trilogy on Romanian history: The Queen, The King and The Dictator: "Queen Marie: Heart of Romania" (Amazon Prime / Pro TV, 2018), "The Last King Behind The Iron Curtain" on King Michael of Romania (History / Sky History, 2021), and "Ceausescu: The Making and Unmaking of a Dictator" - three 50-minute episodes (Pro TV, 2024). He also produced two series for History Channel: "The Mystery of Dacian Gold" (3 episodes, 2022) and "Marcel Iures Presents Romanian Enigmas" (9 episodes, 2023 -2024.)
